LEADER 02308nam 2200553 a 4500001 99125164269006421 005 20230801232636.0 006 m o d | 007 cr -n--------- 008 110909s2012 nyu ob 001 0deng d 010 |z2011037175 020 0-19-024078-4 020 9786613722980 020 1-280-88167-4 020 0-19-984115-2 035 (CKB)3460000000128059 035 (EBL)3054707 035 (OCoLC)801405478 035 (SSID)ssj0000690638 035 (PQKBManifestationID)11406644 035 (PQKBTitleCode)TC0000690638 035 (PQKBWorkID)10624039 035 (PQKB)11327927 035 (StDuBDS)EDZ0000092368 035 (MiAaPQ)EBC3054707 035 (MiAaPQ)EBC31092211 035 (Au-PeEL)EBL31092211 035 (EXLCZ)993460000000128059 040 MiAaPQ |cMiAaPQ |dMiAaPQ 041 eng 050 4 BT160 |b.S4 2012 082 00 231/.8 100 1 Scott, Mark S. M. 245 10 Journey back to God |h[electronic resource] : |bOrigen on the problem of evil / |cMark S.M. Scott. 250 1st ed. 260 New York ;Oxford : |bOxford University Press, |cc2012. 300 1 online resource (245 p.) 336 text |btxt 337 computer |bc 338 online resource |bcr 490 1 American Academy of Religion academy series 500 Description based upon print version of record. 546 English 520 8 This title explores Origen of Alexandria's creative, complex and controversial treatment of the problem of evil. It argues that his layered cosmology functions as a theodicy that explains unjust suffering and shows how that theodicy hinges on the journey of the soul back to God. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Theodicy as navigation : toward a theoretical paradigm -- Framing questions : God and evil in paradox -- Paradise lost : pre-existence, the Fall, and the origin of evil -- The physician of souls : suffering as remedial punishment -- Theology of ascent : the journey of the soul to perfection -- Journey's end : the triumph of good and universal salvation. 588 Description based on print version record. 600 00 Origen. 650 0 Theodicy. 776 |z0-19-984114-4 776 |z0-19-994980-8 830 0 American Academy of Religion academy series. 906 BOOK