The recent deaths of two children from parental decisions to rely on faith healing rather than medical treatment raises fundamental questions about the extent and limits of religious liberty in a liberal democratic society. This essay seeks to identify and critically examine three central issues internal to the ethics of religious communities that engage in faith healing regarding children: (1)...

Job challenges the theological milieu of retributive justice prevalent in NearEastern society by daring to ask the veritable question: can people deserve? This article examines the theories of desert, agency, and righteousness embedded within the Job manuscript. Bracketing the question of theodicy, this study utilizes contemporary philosophical, theological and exegetical considerations to exam...

Philosophical anthropology is concerned with assumptions about human nature, differential psychology with the empirical investigation of such belief-systems. A questionnaire comprised 64 questions concerning brain and consciousness, free will, evolution, meaning of life, belief in God, and theodicy problem. Data were gathered from 563 students of psychology at seven universities and from 233 st...