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Tokdemir, Gokce. "Worlds Subverted: A Generic Analysis Of The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, The Subtle Knife, And Harry Potter And The Philosopher." Master's thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12609698/index.pdf.

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This dissertation aims to study three very important works in English children&rsquo
s fiction: C. S. Lewis&rsquo
s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Philip Pullman&rsquo
s The Subtle Knife, the second book of his trilogy His Dark Materials, and J. K. Rowling&rsquo
s Harry Potter and the Philosopher&rsquo
s Stone. The novels will be analyzed in terms of their approaches toward the conventions of fairy tale, fantasy and romance
to this end, the novels are to be evaluated in relation to their concept of chronotope, and the quest of good versus evil. While the secondary world or multiple worlds presented are going to be analyzed in terms of their perception of time and space along with the presentation of the supernatural elements, the characters will be evaluated in terms of the common classification good versus evil. The main argument of this study concentrates on the gradual estrangement from the crystal clear distinctions of the fairy tale genre to a more shadowy, pessimistic, and ambivalent vision of the fantastic in the children&rsquo
s literature.

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Malet-Dagreou, Cecile. "Evil in gothic fiction, 1764-1820." Thesis, Goldsmiths College (University of London), 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.313598.

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Soft, Max. "Irenaeus and his view of evil." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Gresham, Thomas. "Good and Gone." VCU Scholars Compass, 2015. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3763.

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Good and Gone is a novel that explores the immediate aftermath of a broken marriage from the perspectives of the newly fractured couple and their teenage son. The characters contend with the reality of the separation -- and the ways their lives remain irrevocably tangled -- against the backdrop of the cutthroat worlds of high finance and youth baseball.

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Johansson, Emelie. "Up against Good, Evil, Destiny, and God himself." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Bildproduktion, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-27069.

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Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur religiösa teman manifesterar sig i TV-serien Supernatural (2005 ff.), och i vad mån dessa teman motsvarar en "banal religion". Fyra scener ur serien har analyserats med avseende på dess tematik och estetik för att fastställa hur Supernatural har anpassat berättelsen om Kain och Abel samt skapelseberättelsen till en modern miljö med övernaturliga inslag. Studien påvisar att serien använder sig av religiösa berättelser för att skapa narrativ som inte behöver beaktas som religiöst av åskådaren. Supernatural har hämtat fragment från bibliska berättelser och anpassat tematiken till seriens handling och genre men en viss symbolik finns fortfarande kvar och på sätt kan dess tematik och estetik kopplas till en banal religion.

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Павленко, Д. В., Ольга Олександрівна Жулавська, Ольга Александровна Жулавская, and Olha Oleksandrivna Zhulavska. "Відображення концептів GOOD та EVIL в англомовному дискурсі." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2014. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/34596.

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Концепти (поняття) – це дискретні складові свідомості, які групуються у складні структури, так звані понятійні категорії та зводять усі існуючі явища та факти навколишньої дійсності до єдиного поняття. Таким чином, на думку багатьох вчених, у концепті сконцентровано багатовіковий досвід, культура та ідеологія народу, які синтезуються та фільтруються в тезаурусі мовної особистості. Концепти утворюються в процесі мисленнєвого конструювання (концептуалізації) предметів і явищ оточуючого світу і відображають зміст знань і досвіду людини, отриманих нею у результаті практичної і пізнавальної діяльності, у вигляді певних одниць, "квантів" знання. При цитуванні документа, використовуйте посилання http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/34596

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Shenk, Richard. "Following the tension between necessary-evil and conforming-freedom toward hope : an investigation of the problem of evil." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683236.

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Faneye, Benedict O. "The psychology of the choice of evil." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2000. http://www.tren.com.

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Jones, David A. "Death: a good or an evil? : a theological enquiry." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.365636.

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Rauch, Peter E. (Peter Edward). "Playing with good and evil : videogames and moral philosophy." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39151.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Comparative Media Studies, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 90-92).
Despite an increasingly complex academic discourse, the videogame medium lacks an agreed-upon definition. Its relationship to previous media is somewhat unclear, and the unique attributes of the medium have not yet been fully catalogued. Drawing on theory suggesting that videogames can convey ideas, I will argue that the videogame medium is capable of modeling and critiquing elements of moral philosophy in a unique manner. To make this argument, I first address a number of questions about the proper definition of videogames, how games in general and videogames specifically convey ideas, and how games can be constructed to form arguments. Having defined my terms, I will conduct case studies on three games (Fable, Command & Conquer: Generals, and The Punisher), clarifying how the design of each could be modified to address a specific philosophical issue.
by Peter E. Rauch.
S.M.

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Thweatt-Bates, Jennifer Jeanine. "Chaos theory and the problem of evil." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.

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Mayne, Peter. "Radical evil and highest good : the philosophy of Immanuel Kant." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.306785.

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Ruyle, Roberta L. "Understanding therapists' views of the construct of evil and its usefulness in creating meaning a phenomenological study /." Click here for text online. The Institute of Clinical Social Work Dissertations website, 2002. http://www.icsw.edu/_dissertations/ruyle_2002.pdf.

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Dissertation (Ph.D.) -- The Institute for Clinical Social Work, 2002.
Roberta L. Ruyle dissertation ends on PDF page 277. a second dissertation by Orkut Buyukkokten titled: Wireless Web Access on Handheld Devices, begins on PDF page 281. A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Institute of Clinical Social Work in partial fulfillment for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

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Powell, Edmund R. "The significance of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.

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Ryan, Stephen G. "A theological and philosophical discussion of God and evil." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1989. http://www.tren.com.

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Kardos, Michael P. "One last good time." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5944.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007.
The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on March 24, 2009) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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Crews-Anderson, Timothy Alan. "The Impossibility of Evil Qua Evil: Kantian Limitations on Human Immorality." unrestricted, 2006. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07212006-172111/.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2006.
Title from title screen. Melissa Merritt, committee chair; Andrew Altman, Andrew J. Cohen, committee members. Electronic text (44 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Apr. 19, 2007. Includes bibliographical references.

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Ståhl, Sofia. "Good or evil? : Attitudes to Death in the Harry Potter Novels." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-32709.

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This essay will look at some characters from the Harry Potter novels, their attitude to deaht and their ability to love. The focus is to look at how their different stances to death and love make them good or evil. Most attention will be given to some key characters: Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter, Severus Snape, and Albus Dumbledore. Their attitudes to death is first to be dealt with, followed by an investigation of their ability to love. After that, a conclusion by analysing more briefly some minor characters who are part of Voldemort’s Death Eaters. The analysis is mainly restricted to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, but there are a few examples from some of the other books in the Harry Potter series as well.

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Coca, Annabel. "Embodied Ethics: Difference, Politics, and the Dissolution of Good and Evil." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1290201241.

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Huang, Daniel G. "Good or evil a Confucian and Christian dialogue on human nature /." Deerfield, IL : Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.006-1616.

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Meyer, Eric Daryl. "Without knowing good and evil the moral epistemology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p048-0347.

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Ekman, Mary Julian. "Transcendental good and moral evil in the metaphysics of Thomas Aquinas." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p029-0735.

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Schoberg, Gerald Robert Cormack. "The human predicament an examination of four biblical perspectives of evil /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1991. http://www.tren.com.

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Seibt, Christopher R. "Evil and the human will an examination of Plato and Aristotle on whether human beings knowingly will evil /." Washington, DC : Catholic University of America, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.029-0730.

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Yang, Zebo. "Mengzi xing shan lun yan jiu." Beijing : Zhongguo she hui ke xue chu ban she, 1995. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/34719918.html.

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Rock, James L. "Biblical theodicy the defense of God's justice (Gen 18-19) /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1989. http://www.tren.com.

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Curtis, Tim P. "Life Is Good-If But Briefly." FIU Digital Commons, 2014. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1266.

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LIFE IS GOOD—IF BUT BRIEFLY is a contemporary, satirical novel written in the third person. Walter Dingles, the story’s protagonist, is an introspective twenty-two-year-old with a knack for screwing things up. After finishing college, Walter realizes he’s emotionally ill prepared to face the world on his own. He moves back home vowing to get his shit together. He lands a job at his old high school, but his efforts are exacerbated when his grandfather’s porn collection ends up in the principal’s office, he unknowingly begins taking his mother’s estrogen supplements, and family secrets come to the fore. In the end, Walter comes to accept himself. Set in the heartland, LIFE IS GOOD—IF BUT BRIEFLY plays against the region’s reputation as a bastion of conservatism and wholesome family values, while expressing the mood and anxiety of a generation coming of age in a down economy.

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McHone, Steven Craig. "The Relationship of human freedom to the moral problem of evil." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.

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Keskin, Hatice. "An Analysis Of The Concepts Of Good And Evil In Henry James." Master's thesis, METU, 2004. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/1048933/index.pdf.

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The aim of this thesis is to analyse the concepts of good and evil in Henry James&rsquo
s two novels, The Wings of the Dove and The Golden Bowl. The main argument, which is supported with evidence from the novels and several articles and books, is that the conceps of good and evil permeate the novels, that Henry James&rsquo
s use of symbolism and imagery reinforces the illustration of these concepts, that the contextual understanding of these terms cannot be separated from the environmental, financial and contextual factors that influence the characters&rsquo
responses to the world outside themselves and that human relations and the characters&rsquo
relatedness to the world outside themselves constitute the point where good and evil reside.

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Diaz, Abby. "The conjectural battle between good and evil alcohol, the U.S. and Mexico /." Connect to resource, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/24555.

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Thesis (Honors)--Ohio State University, 2007.
Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages: contains 34 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 32-33). Available online via Ohio State University's Knowledge Bank.

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Peng, Kuo-Wei. "Hate the evil, hold fast to the good : structuring Romans 12.1 - 15.1 /." London [u.a.] : Clark, 2006. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0607/2006372868.html.

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Овсянко, Олена Леонідівна, Елена Леонидовна Овсянко, Olena Leonidivna Ovsianko, Владислава Сергіївна Куліш, Владислава Сергеевна Кулиш, and Vladyslava Serhiivna Kulish. "Семантична дистанція як засіб аналізу лексичних номінацій (на прикладі GOOD, EVIL, SILENCE)." Thesis, Lublin Science and Technology Park S.A, 2017. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/57372.

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Полярні ідеї, образи, явища, на зразок Життя – Смерть, Любов – Ненависть, Дружба – Ворожнеча, Мовчання - Говоріння, Добро − Зло є базовими одиницями гетерогенних дискурсів.
Полярные идеи Жизнь – Смерть, Любовь – Ненависть, Дружба – Вражда, Молчание - Говорение, Добро - Зло являются базовыми единицами гетерогенных дискурсов.
Polar dichotomies Life – Death, Love – Hate, Friendship – Hostility, Silence - Talking make the basic units of heterogeneous discourses.

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Månsson, Mattias. "Perception of Colors in Games as it Applies to Good and Evil." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för kreativa teknologier, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-14774.

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Context. Color can be used to convey allot of information but in particularly when it comes to tellingwho is good and who is evil. The most common color to use when displaying good and evil is blue forgood and red for evil. Objectives. This study will take a look at what colors people automatically associated with good andevil respectively. Methods. The two methods that are used in this paper is a survey in the form of a questionnaire andthe second method is a statistical hypothesis testing that was done on the data collected in the survey.The statistical hypothesis testing was done in the form of a chi-square test. From the chi-square testyou get a chi-square value and a p-value. Results. The result of the survey was that most participants thought of green, white and blue as goodcolors, while black and red where thought of as evil. The statistical hypothesis testing revealed thatthere where a significant statistical difference when comparing two colors in all but two cases. Thosecases where white vs. blue and orange vs. purple. Conclusions. The conclusions that can be drawn are that there is a significant statistical differencebetween how a color is perceived as good or evil. The perceived convention for what a good charactershould have, as a color is that it should be green and the perceived convention for an evil character isthat it should be either red or black.

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Sheldon, Holly Anne. "The problem of evil in the Zhou Dynasty." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1993. http://www.tren.com.

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Van, der Wielen Karlien. "Exorcising the Past: History, Hauntings and Evil in Neo-Gothic Fiction." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1021257.

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This thesis explores the conventions of both historical and Gothic fiction in order to investigate what seems to be a recurrent impulse to exorcise the past in what I define as contemporary Neo-Gothic fiction. It therefore attempts to establish a distinction between Neo-Gothic fiction and other forms of contemporary Gothic fiction by focusing on the treatment of history, the supernatural and the grand narrative of progress in three contemporary Gothic novels: The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters, The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova and The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates. This thesis argues that the most potent manifestation of history can be found in the representation of the revenant in Neo-Gothic fiction, which exhibits a disruptive and evil ontology that problematises the exorcism of the past. Furthermore, the reactions of ‘modern’ characters to these revenants illustrate the imperative to exorcise the past, and therefore the treatment of history and the past is reflected in the interaction between the ‘modern’ characters and the Gothic revenants. Through this interaction as well as the parody of traditional Gothic and historical fiction conventions, Neo-Gothic fiction constructs a critique of the Enlightenment’s grand narrative of progress. Paradoxically, this constitutes Neo-Gothic fiction’s own attempt to exorcise the past, which it recognises in a simplified and reductive narrative of history propounded through the grand narrative of progress. This thesis therefore pays particular attention to the configuration of revenants as evil and ‘modern’ humans as good, and the disruption of this simple binary that is effected through Neo-Gothic fiction’s subversion of the grand narrative of progress. This focus allows for the theorisation of the revenant through Jacques Derrida’s notion of ‘hauntology’ and Julia Kristeva’s ‘the abject’, the investigation of the treatment of history in Neo-Gothic fiction and the exploration of very recent Gothic texts that have not yet received much critical attention.

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Majola, Fundile Lawrence. "Good-Gooder-Goodest." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015657.

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My stories are set in the townships, and move with the vigorous rhythms and jagged structures of township life. Some of them are written in English and others in isiXhosa. Some of the dialogue is township slang, a mixture of languages; and pure isiXhosa. The stories follow no particular pattern and are arranged according to any form of chronology, and different voices, at times as a man/boy and in others as a girl. The characters are not related each story perfectly stands for itself. Some of the stories hark back to the days of apartheid and are seen through the eyes of a child confused by the humiliations of his elders.
Amabali am asekelwe ezilokishini yaye ahambelana neemeko ezimaxongo zokuphila zasezilokishini apho yaye amanye asukela kwixesha lengcinezelo yesizwe esimnyama. Imiba echatshazelwa kula mabali iquka intlupheko, intiyo kwakunye nokuphilisana koluntu ezilokishini, phantsi kwezo meko. Amabali la ndizame ukuwenza alandele indlela yokubalisa yhenkwenkwana enguSkhumba, ethi ibone iqwalasele iimeko zokuphila zabantu bohlanga lwayo. Ingqokelela esisiqendu sokuqala yona ibhalwe ze yangeniswa ngesiNgesi.
This thesis is presented in two parts: English and isiXhosa.

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Ruffin, Maurice C. "It's Good to See You're Awake." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2013. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1666.

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This thesis is a short story collection set primarily New Orleans and focuses on the subject of fathers and sons. It explores the effect that the absence of a father figure or the presence of an unsuitable father may have on boys and men. The stories are literary fiction.

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Clark, Kevin W. "The problem with the problem of evil." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2001. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/216.

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This item is only available in print in the UCF Libraries. If this is your Honors Thesis, you can help us make it available online for use by researchers around the world by following the instructions on the distribution consent form at http://library.ucf.edu/Systems/DigitalInitiatives/DigitalCollections/InternetDistributionConsentAgreementForm.pdf You may also contact the project coordinator, Kerri Bottorff, at kerri.bottorff@ucf.edu for more information.
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Reedy, Janet Umble. "Empowering the church to resist the powers." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.

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French, Nathan. "A theocentric interpretation of הדעת טוב ורע : the knowledge of good and evil as the knowledge for administering reward and punishment." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2018. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=237449.

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The Eden Narrative (EN) pivots upon humans acquiring הדעת ,טובורע “the knowledge of good and bad/evil” (Gen 2:9, 17; 3:5, 22). This study will offer a revised interpretation of this enigmatic phrase. Although long debated, scholars remain in disagreement regarding a consensus interpretation of הדעת .טוב ורע Proposed interpretations of this phrase include: Mental Faculty of Discrimination (Basic and Moral); Wisdom; Omniscience; Cultural Knowledge; Sexual Knowledge; Maturity; Moral Discernment; Moral Autonomy; and Magic (amongst others).The majority of interpreters agree that because a phrase akin to הדעת טוב ורע (Gen 2:9, 17) only appears in four passages in the EN (Gen 2:9, 17; 3:5, 22), one must turn to other passages in the HB to supply the data needed to interpret this phrase. To which passages anyone interpreter turns varies greatly upon the methodology and interpretation of each interpreter. For example, to confirm the interpretation of wisdom, interpreters turn to the Wisdom Literature of the HB. Some interpreters base their interpretation of הדעת טוב ורע first upon other texts in the HB, as opposed to themes and motifs in the EN. I will begin my exegetical work within the EN before turning to other texts in the HB. That being said, seven of the most oftcited passages from the HB, for any one interpretation of הדעת טובורע in the history of research, come from Genesis, Deuteronomy, and the books of the DtrH, three of which come from the Throne Succession Narrative (TSN; 2 Sam 9–20 & 1 Kgs 1–2). In light of the disagreement of interpretation and varied methodological approaches within the history of research, I contend that there are three parameters that must be employed by any interpreter who wishes to move forward. The first parameter requires that an interpretation must classify הדעת טובורע as divine knowledge; a non-human knowledge that is possessed by YHWH and the divine beings of Gen 3:5 and 3:22. The second parameter requires that an interpretation must show how the Hebrew lexemes טוב and רעע function when YHWH is the subject or causation of these extremes in the EN and its surrounding context (e.g., Gen 1:4; 3:14–19, inferred; 4:7; 6:5). This second parameter is practically missing from the history of research, and it will be my primary contribution to this discussion. The third parameter requires that an interpretation reasonably demonstrate why it is that הדעת טובורע is forbidden on pain of death (Gen 2:16–17) and why human acquisition of הדעת טובורע serves as a threat to YHWH (Gen 3:22–23). None of the interpretations proposed to the present adhere to all three of these parameters. Therefore, I propose that a revised interpretation of this expression in the EN should employ a methodology that adheres to the aforementioned boundaries, which I will accomplish in this study. Beginning with the EN and its surrounding context of Gen 1–11, I will show that certain permutations of טוב and ,רעע when resulting from the will and/or discrimination of YHWH, are a reference to YHWH's blessing (gift/reward) and curse (punishment). In this way, I suggest that הדעת ,טוב ורע in the EN, is best interpreted as the knowledge for administering reward and punishment (retribution). Prior to humans acquiring הדעת טובורע (i.e., Gen 3:6), this knowledge belonged only to YHWH and the divine beings; they alone were able to distribute reward and punishment. There are not enough occurrences of טוב and רעע within the EN, when YHWH is the subject or cause of these extremes, to confirm this interpretation. Some scholars (e.g., Otto, Lohfink, Mettinger) suggest that there are strong resonances between the EN, Deuteronomy, and the DtrH. The divine test of Gen 2:16–17 and the divine curse of Gen 3:14–19 are evidence of these themes and theology. In light of these shared motifs, I suggest that certain permutations of טוב and רעע in the latter (DtrH) can shed new light upon the former (EN). I shall therefore analyse key occurrences of good and evil in Genesis and the DtrH. As we shall see, this data confirms my suggested interpretation of the 'knowledge of good and evil' in the EN as the knowledge that YHWH and the divine beings have to reward and to punish. In other words, what is forbidden to humans in the EN is the divine knowledge for administering retribution. In this way, I will show how certain permutations of טוב and רעע (when YHWH is the subject or the cause), in these narrative texts of Genesis and the DtrH, form a textual reference to YHWH's reward (blessing) and punishment (curse), which together serve as his tools for establishing a particular political and social order in the body politic (e.g., Josh 23:15). As will also be demonstrated, humans likewise enforce a particular social and political order in their use of טוב ורע in Genesis and the DtrH (e.g., 1 Sam 24–25), which confirms human acquisition of הדעת ,טוב ורע at least within the framework of this discussion and topic. Finally, I will apply this analysis of טוב and רעע to the TSN, showing how both humans and YHWH dispense reward and punishment ( טוב ;ורע retribution) for the establishment of order in the body politic. As a result of this analysis of the data in the EN, Genesis, and the DtrH, I submit that the most reasonable interpretation for the phrase, הדעת ,טובורע in the EN, is, the knowledge for administering reward and punishment; a divine knowledge that enables humans to become 'judges' and actively employ retribution in human society, similar to YHWH in the HB and for the purpose of sustaining a particular moral and political order in the social sphere. Thus the Eden Narrative tells a story of how humans partly attain divinity, becoming like YHWH and the divine beings (Gen 3:5; 3:22; Ps 82) in having acquired the forbidden divine knowledge of ultimate power (reward and punishment); albeit, through a transgressive act of moral autonomy.

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Poon, Po-chiu. "A study of the drama (Chuanqi) of good versus evil in the Ming dynasty =bMing dai zhong jian chong tu chuan qi yan jiu /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23000922.

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Gellrich, Arne L. "...And Reconcile Us With Evil : A Critical Investigation of the Imagery of Good and Evil in Western Religion, Film and Politics." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-311275.

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With an eye on the current social and political situation in Europe, and with regards to the so-termed refugee crisis, this study aims to map the discourse on assumed good and evil shared among Western cultures, as represented by Sweden, Germany and the United States. The thesis takes its point of departure from essayistic reflections of the philosophical tradition and theological and religious analytical positions respectively. These are then followed by two investigative main chapters, designed along the lines of Norman Fairclough’s approach to critical discourse analysis (CDA). The first of these chapters studies the narratives of good and evil employed in the mainstream cinema of the past ten years in the mentioned countries. The second analysis is made up of three case studies, in turn looking at similar narratives in the campaigns of the two main competitors in the 2016 presidential race, a German protest movement against free trade agreements, and the everyday political communication of Swedish Facebook users. In a final chapter, findings from all four preceding chapters are brought together in an attempt to sketch an image of the congruences and discrepancies of narratives on good and evil in the overall discursive field. The thesis finds that the discursive field shared by the three investigated societies is largely homogenous, with certain imagery permeating all analysed orders of discourse. Many of the reoccurring images are however likely rooted in the human psyche and therefore less dependent on discourse practice. Furthermore, certain principles are agreed upon in theory while not reproduced in social practice. Themes assigned to either good or evil often seem to take on secondary functions next to assumed fixed identities of in- and out-groups. Being a qualitative study, this thesis aims at giving an overview and delivering a base for further investigations rather than providing definitive answers.

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Nguyen, Joseph Tan Doan. "Theodicy after Paul Ricoeur toward a theology of the symbol of evil /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1989. http://www.tren.com.

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Girard, David. "Getting Beyond Good and Evil: Reconciling Naturalism and Skepticism in Nietzsche's Middle Period." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/34574.

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Philosophers such as Clark and Leiter propose that Nietzsche’s position on the concept of truth, while controversial in his early and middle periods, developed into something far less radical in his later works. They claim that Nietzsche should be understood as a naturalist who contends that we can attain truth, and that his falsification thesis, along with skeptical interpretations of it, is incoherent due to self-contradiction. I challenge these thinkers and what I call the naturalist interpretations because if Nietzsche’s middle period is incoherent then little or nothing can be seen as valuable in GS, Z, or BGE. In order to defend Nietzsche from his alleged self-contradiction I examine positions offered by Clark & Dudrick and Berry who attempt to offer a coherent interpretation of his middle period. While neither provides a convincing position, they help me reveal that what Nietzsche calls “strong skepticism” is integral towards his project. Strong skepticism is the notion that we should continuously perpetuate inquiry, while also creating new values. Nietzsche’s project is to get beyond good and evil, which can be achieved by recognizing untruth as a strong skeptic. To get beyond good and evil, Nietzsche asserts that the thing-in-itself must be properly rejected along with any other metaphysical faith. In so doing philosophers of the future can create new values by being honest about their personal judgements as well as recognizing that falsification is necessary for getting around in the world. Ultimately, I conclude that Nietzsche is neither a skeptic nor a naturalist, and instead utilizes elements from both without committing to either.

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潘步釗 and Po-chiu Poon. "A study of the drama (Chuanqi) of good versus evil in theMing dynasty." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2001. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29947418.

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SEKORA, LAUREN NICHOLE. "COPING WITH HARRY POTTER: HOW LITERATURE FRAMES OUR ENCOUNTERS WITH GOOD AND EVIL." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/192258.

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Cordaro, Daniel Dauber Cori Elizabeth. "The rhetoric of oppositional gender Beyong [sic] Good and Evil as perspective by incongruity /." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,925.

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007.
Title from electronic title page (viewed Dec. 18, 2007). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of [sic] Communication Studies in the Department of Communication Studies." Discipline: Communication Studies; Department/School: Communication Studies.

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Thornton, Freda J. "A classification of the semantic field good and evil in the vocabulary of English." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 1988. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/1032/.

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The central part of this thesis (chapter 3) consists of a classification of 9071 lexical items comprising the semantic field Good and Evil. This classified semantic field, with minor alterations, will form part of the Historical Thesaurus of English currently being compiled in the English Language Department of Glasgow University. Some significant features of the Good and Evil classification system, devised and explained in this thesis, have also been adopted by the Historical Thesaurus. Chapter 1 places the thesis in a wider academic context. It explains briefly the Historical Thesaurus project, and describes how the classification of Good and Evil contributes to this. It also relates the thesis to linguistics, semantics, and especially to semantic theory, lexicography, and semantic classification. Chapter 2 defines the semantic field Good and Evil and discusses how the field was assembled. It provides details of those areas which were either rejected or extended in order to form the semantic field. It then describes in some detail the classification system devised for Good and Evil. The structure of the classification is explained, the use of the parts of speech as a valuable classificatory device is justified, and the contribution of other classificatory work is acknowledged. The chapter also discusses some particular problems and features of the Old English corpus. It ends with lists of stylistic and other conventions. Chapter 3 contains the Good and Evil classification, and chapter 4 consists of detailed notes on the classification. These notes discuss points relating to dating. Old English material, classificatory devices, closely connected categories, and some problems of dictionary definitions, among other things. Chapter 5 conducts a number of studies based on historical and etymological information drawn from the classification. The relative numbers of accessions and losses in different centuries in the categories are presented and discussed. The range of sources of origin of a limited number of categories arc detailed. The patterns of change, and the extent and rate of influence of different languages in different centuries, are then commented on and compared. Chapter 6 selects one area of vocabulary from Good and Evil - animal names used as names for people - and subjects this area to a detailed examination. The variety of animal names, and the range of people to whom they arc applied, arc discussed, and various statistics and comparisons arc drawn up. Also considered is the time gap between the first literal use of an animal name and the first figurative or metaphorical application of the same term to a person. In the process some interesting and, on occasion, unproven points about animal metaphor are brought to light. The thesis ends with three appendices. The first contains extra Good and Evil material not in the main classification, the second details 19th century obsolescences, and the third gives a numerical distribution of items in each category by part of speech

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Saleh, Fauzan. "The problem of evil in Islamic theology : a study on the concept of al-Qabīḥ in al-Qāḍī ʻAbd al-Jabbār al-Hamadhānī's thought." Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=61323.

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This thesis deals with the problem of evil in Islamic theology, and, in particular, tries to examine the concept of al-qabih in al-Qadi 'Abd al-Jabbar al-Hamadhanis thought. This study is based on the fact that Islam, like other monotheist religions, considers the presence of evil in the world as a grave difficulty, a situation which has resulted in much dispute among the mutakallimin. For 'Abd al-Jabbar, the problem of evil is discussed in the framework of the concept of divine justice. According to this formulation, God does nothing except the good, as he must do the obligatory (al-wajib), will not devote himself to anything except for the sake of goodness, and never desires to do anything repulsive but only chooses wisdom and righteousness. Thus, 'Abd al-Jabbar's discussion of the problem of evil is an effort aimed at defending God's justice and omnipotence in a world marred by the presence of evil. This is significant, since divine justice (al-'adl), together with divine unity (al-tawhid), constitutes the most important characteristic of Mu'tazilism, a characteristic by virtue of which the Mu'tazilites claimed for themselves the title of ahl al-'adi wa al-tawhid, the adherents of divine justice and unity.

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Jacobs, N. A. "Beyond Augustine prolegomena to a neo-atomistic form of theodicy /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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