Divine Evil?: The Moral Character of the God of Abraham

by Michael Bergmann, Michael J. Murray, Michael C. Rea

Book Overview

Adherents of the Abrahamic religions have traditionally held that God is morally perfect and unconditionally deserving of devotion, obedience, love, and worship. The Jewish, Christian, and Islamic scriptures tell us that God is compassionate, merciful, and just. As is well-known, however, these same scriptures contain passages that portray God as wrathful, severely punitive, and jealous. Critics furthermore argue that the God of these scriptures commends...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199671850
• ISBN13: 9780199671854
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.4"