TY  - BOOK
AU  - Karavites,Peter
TI  - Evil--freedom--and the road to perfection in Clement of Alexandria
T2  - Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae,
SN  - 9789004313101
AV  - BT160 .K37 1998
U1  - 231/.8/092 21
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill.
KW  - Clement,
KW  - Theodicy
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - Early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - Good and evil
KW  - Liberty
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Perfection
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-186) and index; Preliminary material -- INTRODUCTION -- EVIL: ITS ANTECEDENTS AND CLEMENT'S VIEWS -- GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS -- SEXUALITY AND EVIL -- FREEDOM OF THE WILL -- CLEMENT'S GNOSTIC -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ABBREVIATED INDEX OF NAMES AND TERMS -- SUPPLEMENTS TO VIGILIAE CHRISTIANAE; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - This study deals with Clement of Alexandria's interpretation of evil and free will in the context of the rising Christianity, the influence of Near Eastern and Greek thought on him, his differences from St. Augustine, and how his interpretation affected the rise of the Eastern Christian thought. The book also treats briefly the subject of man's personal aim in life perceived by Clement as the supersession of his nature. Failure to realize this personal aim in life leads to alienation from God, and death. The moral dilemma of Clement's interpretation of evil as failure of life's aim is not a conventional explanation of good and evil but something much more: the option between real life and death. Consequently, Clement's idea of evil refers to existential problems and ontological realities
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004313101
ER  -