Nauka o szatanie i demonach w ujęciu Sulpicjusza Sewera by Józef Pochwat

“…The author takes for granted the existence of angels – good, pure spirits, and demons – evil, unclean spirits. He points out that both the pagan temples and other objects of worship as well as the cult associated with them are a dangerous thing and clearly indicate the worship of Satan by pagans. …”
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'n Kritiese evaluering van die kompromie as etiese figuur in die teologiese etiek van J. Douma, J.A. Heyns, S.J. Ridderbos en W.H. Velema by L. O. K. Lategan

“…To this choice is then referred to as a choice between the lesser of two evils. This is where the compromise comes into play. …”
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Prophets at loggerheads. Accusations of adultery in Jeremiah 239-15 by W. Wessels

“…The research investigates the relationship between doing evil (cf. words such as adultery and ungodly/profane conduct) and the effect on the land (cf curse on the land, the land mourns, pastures drying up – 23:10-11). …”
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HERBERT MCCABE’S CHRISTOLOGY by F. Manni

“…As for Jesus’ life, on the positive side, McCabe states that Jesus wanted to live a full human life and thus had to necessarily fight against the evils of a fallen humanity. On the negative side, McCabe intends to criticise some theological “nonsenses” such as God being within time and resurrection as a distinct chronological further step within a series. …”
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"Anatheism" within the framework of theodicy: from theistic thinking to thepaschitic thinking in a pastoral hermeneutics by D. J. Louw

“… The Syrian and refugee crises, the violent radicalisation in Europe, and global xenophobia stir up anew the link between the human quest for meaning and hope within the realm of human misery and destructive acts of severe evil. The article focuses on the problem of theodicy and its link to God images. …”
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Human Diseases and Microbes

“…Such events were either associated with devils, demons, evil spirits or as the curse of God. It was much later that the diseases were associated to various microorganism as protozoans, bacteria and viruses. …”
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The Use of the Stoic Concept of Phronēsis by Irenaeus and Lactantius by Gábor Kendeffy

“… The Stoic concept of practical wisdom and the stoic Idea of the necessary conjunction of good and evil implicitly combined by Stoics themselves can be found in the works of early Christian thinkers like Irenaeus, the bishop of Lyons and Lactantius, the African apologist. …”
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The Social Construction of Motherhood in Bengali Folklore by Sraboni Chatterjee, Pranab Chatterjee

“…The fourth uses the word for honoring goddesses who offer protection from evil outsiders, famines, poverty, ignorance, and from snakes and diseases. …”
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The Complex Relations between Organization and Disorganization and Their Conceptual System by Kun Wu, Shan Zhang, Tianqi Wu

“…Further, it explores the mechanism of organization and disorganization, the compatibility of organization and disorganization, feedback and mutual other-disorganization in interaction, constraint and freedom of organization and disorganization, complexity of restraint and external factors, and relations between “the good” and “the evil” in restraint and freedom. On this basis, a diagram of the conceptual system of organization and disorganization, including four levels and their relations, is presented.…”
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Monstruos, prodigios y maravillas en los viajes de Pero Tafur by Pablo Castro Hernández

“…The monsters reflect a disorder in nature, representing the low and evil. They are an anomaly that escapes from traditional forms, expressing excessive, huge and grotesque characteristics. …”
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Cugoano on Redressing Slavery: The Demands of Liberty by Iziah C Topete

“…Quobna Ottobah Cugoano’s work from July 1787, Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil and Wicked Traffic of the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, defended redressing transatlantic slavery on principled grounds. …”
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Transgression de l’espace et espace de la transgression dans The Human Stain de Philip Roth by Gilles Mayné

“…Reading The Human Stain, one is forced to question what is generally considered as being evil and to become aware of the extreme difficulty and yet unavoidable necessity to transgress the space of the supposed common good which locks the notions up within themselves to freeze conscious thinking and behavior.…”
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The Metaphysics of Justice: Ayelala’s Rise in Benin and Other Parts of Edo State by Benson Ohihon Igboin

“…Evans-Pritchard, who suggests that witchcraft explains unfortunate events, this article argues that the experience of certain fortunate events, such as the punishment of evildoers or the revelation of metaphysical causes of death, confirm the existence of Ayelala as a counter-force to witchcraft and other forms of metaphysical evil. …”
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Résurgence des premiers parcs victoriens : l’exemple de l’arboretum de Derby by Catherine-Emilie Corvisy

“…The parks, like Derby Arboretum, were seen as a counter attraction to the temptations of the new urban evils. Pastimes in the public parks were considered as “rational” recreation, that is to say activities that were approved of. …”
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Freak Shows on the Page: Defining ‘criminanimality’ in Newgate Fiction (1830-1847) by Hubert Malfray

“…However, in their attempt to debunk the criminal code of the time, Newgate novelists also managed to twist such clichéd vision of ‘criminanimal’ as an evil tandem, and to celebrate highwaymen as glamorous, free knights who denounced the Bloody Code. …”
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THE AVENGING GOD OF NAHUM AS COMFORTER OF THE TRAUMATIZED by K Spronk

“…I will attempt to demonstrate that the trust in YHWH as both a good god and an avenger of the evil deeds of the Assyrians functions as a prerogative to restore the faith of the traumatized Judeans. …”
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Raconter l’Amérique pendant l’ère progressiste : photographies documentaires et films muets by Clémentine Tholas-Disset

“…Even as the country strove to evolve under the influence of Progressive reforms, these two media—one being more exclusive and the other more popular—were used to denounce the evils of industrial metropolitan life. They were both grounded in a pedagogical mission and somehow adopted a journalistic stance in order to inform and alert the population. …”
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Em busca de um tema esquecido: o lugar da educação nas recentes interpretações do Brasil by Marcos Cezar de Freitas, Luciano Mendes de Faria Filho

“…The article defends that, if, throughout the twentieth century, access to education was “Panacea” for all the evils in the country, in the twenty-first century, interpreting Brazil became an exercise that allows us to approach the permanence of those who have got to school, increasing the focus of access for inclusion, aiming to understand more than just overpassing the limits, the approximation, the “doing together” that the almost universalization of the basic school provides. …”
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African Indigenous Medicine Activities in Mbarara Municipality, Uganda by Godfrey, Barigye

“…Some African indigenous medicine healers and neo-liberalists have misused the cherished objectives of community values and turned it into witch-craft characterized with human sacrifice, money extortion, and many more evil related practices. The study was on activities of traditional indigenous knowledge in Mbarara Municipality, Uganda. …”
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‘If this is of God’: Choosing to Curse in Ghanaian Charismatic Christianity by Mark S. Aidoo

“… African Christianity takes the challenges from their enemies and the evil forces seriously. There is hardly a call to love the enemy. …”
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