How does the book of Job’s approach to the problem of evil, and in particular the idea that bad things happen to good people (and good things happen to bad people), enlighten our idea of the hero?

How does the book of Job’s approach to the problem of evil, and in particular the idea that bad things happen to good people (and good things happen to bad…

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Just about every world religion has an authority figure that presides over the religious institution

Many who were raised in societies predominantly influenced by the Western religious traditions of Abraham tend to associate “religion” primarily with “belief.” For many societies, however, the concepts that unite…

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