Law and Liberty in the Manifestations of the Human Will: Nature and Origin of Evil, and the Limits of Righteous Severity in the Punishment of Sin.
Albany, N.Y. Beverwyck Press, Riggs Printing & Publishing Company, 1890. First Edition. Octavo, 40 pages. Disbound pamphlet, formerly bound in a nineteenth-century sammelband. An uncommon nineteenth-century American theological and philosophical treatise examining the relationship between human free will, moral responsibility, divine justice, and the nature and origin of evil. Dodge addresses fundamental questions concerning the freedom of the human will and its relationship to moral law, exploring the philosophical and theological implications of human choice, sin, and accountability. Particular attention is given to the problem of evil and the limits of righteous punishment, subjects central to longstanding Christian debates concerning divine justice, mercy, and the moral justification of suffering. Published in Albany, New York, in 1890, the work reflects the continuing nineteenth-century intellectual engagement with free will, determinism, and the reconciliation of human liberty with divine sovereignty. An interesting contribution to American religious and philosophical literature, particularly relevant to the study of moral philosophy, Christian theology, theodicy, and the historical development of doctrines concerning sin and punishment. Vertical crease, lacks the original wraps if issue with them, else in good + condition. Item #722
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