The History of Evil in the Medieval Age

The second volume of The History of Evil explores the philosophy of evil in the long Middle Ages.Comprising sixteen chapters, the contributions address key figures of the Christian Middle Ages or traditions sharing some similar cultural backgrounds, such as medieval Judaism and Islam. Other chapters examine contemporaneous developments in the Middle East, China, India and Japan. The volume concludes with an overview of contemporary transpositions of Dante, illustrating the remarkable cultural influence of medieval accounts of evil today.

Andrew Pinsent is Research Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion at Oxford University, UK, a Research Fellow of Harris Manchester College and a member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford. Chad Meister is Professor of Philosophy and Theology at Bethel College, USA. Charles Taliaferro is Professor of Philosophy at St Olaf College, USA.

Editors and Contributors. Series Introduction. Volume Introduction. 1 SAINT AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO, Erik M. Hanson. 2 BOETHIUS, John Moorhead. 3 SANKARA, Anantanand Rambachan. 4 NEO-CONFUCIANISM, Yong Huang. 5 SAADIA GAON, Lenn Goodman. 6 RAMANUJA, Christopher Bartley. 7 MOSES MAIMONIDES, Kenneth Seeskin. 8 ANSELM, Thomas Williams. 9 HILDEGARD OF BINGEN, Jenny Bledsoe and Beverly Kienzle. 10 ISLAMIC DEMONOLOGY, Tobias Nünlist. 11 DOGEN, Shigenori Nagatomo. 12 AQUINAS, Andrew Pinsent. 13 JOHN DUNS SCOTUS, Giorgio Pini. 14 FIGHTING FOR GOD: JIHAD AND CRUSADE, Christopher van der Krogt. 15 DANTE'S MEDIEVAL REPRESENTATIONS AND ITS CONTEMPORARY TRANSPOSITIONS, Anthony Cristiano. Index.