Christianity

Question 1

Zwerner

Answer 1

Any action or state of affairs that intend / realize destructive effects for human persons, environment, and relationships

Question 2

Augustinian

Answer 2

Evil exists because of the original sin; God is neither directly or indirectly responsible for existence of Evil.
Evil is punishment

Question 3

Irenaean

Answer 3

God created evil but does not proagate it

Allows humans to exercise free will and forus to develop morally

Question 4

2 Essays dealing with evil in Christianity?

Answer 4

Zwerner and Strenger

Question 5

Suffering

Answer 5

Chance to display devotion to faith, mirror Jesus’ suffering , spiritual and moral growth, grace and salvation

Question 6

Symbol of the Cross

Answer 6

Opression and Violence: KKK, Crusades
Freedom: South American liberation theology, the poor will enter heaven first.
response to political opression

Question 7

Apotropaic Symbol of the Cross

Answer 7

Representation of Jesus’s body on the cross; the Passion of Christ.
Invoking Jesus Christ, son of God