Evil, Religion and Knowledge: a Relational-Integration Approach that Challenges Ten Dominant Paradigms

  • Alberto J. Gil Ibáñez Complutense University of Madrid
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Keywords: Evil, religion, knowledge, interdisciplinary approach.

Abstract

The present social discourse about evil is obsolete and inefficient. We live under (partially) failed cognitive assumptions due to psychological needs connected to a concrete concept of human being, God (o what this idea means for atheists) and reality. This article develops a new approach to evil that challenges ten dominant paradigms by arguing the need to recognize evil’s existence, around the concept of excess, as a requisite to face it as the only moral option. We must fight with all the tools at our disposal, included the relation and integration of different types of knowledge with a common goal in mind: defeating evil o attempting it.

Author Biography

Alberto J. Gil Ibáñez, Complutense University of Madrid
Instituto de Ciencias de las Religiones.
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How to Cite
Gil Ibáñez, A. J. (2011). Evil, Religion and Knowledge: a Relational-Integration Approach that Challenges Ten Dominant Paradigms. ’Ilu. Revista de Ciencias de Las Religiones, 16, 101-125. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ILUR.2011.v16.5
Issue
Vol. 16 (2011)
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Articles

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