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Interview Date
6-25-1999
Abstract
How do you deal with “The Problem of Evil?”
Dr. Ramdas Lamb discusses the problem of evil, and finding his answer in the Hindu belief of rebirth. Comparing reincarnation to a student’s new classes each semester with karma thought of as their “GPA”, Dr. Lamb situates the problem of evil as an ongoing experience for all humans who are striving to be righteous.
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Lamb, Ramdas and Benney, Alfred. Created by Alfred Benney. "Dr. Ramdas Lamb Engages with the Question: How Do You Deal with “The Problem of Evil?”" June 1999. DigitalCommons@Fairfield. Web. https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/asrvideos/198
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Playing Time: 4:29 minutes
About the Interviewee:
Dr. Ramdas Lamb is Associate Professor of Religion at the University of Hawaii. He specializes in comparative religion and the religious traditions of India. From 1969 to 1978 he lived in India as a Hindu monk and he has also studied the traditions and practices of the Ramnami community. Dr. Lamb is President and co-founder of the Sahayog Foundation.
About the Interviewer:
Dr. Alfred Benney is a professor of Religious Studies at Fairfield University. He has a Ph.D in Theology from the Hartford Seminary Foundation and teaches courses in Non-Traditional American Religions and Christian Religious Thought. His research interests include "how people learn"; "the appropriate use of technology in teaching/learning" and "myth as explanatory narrative". He has published work on teaching with technology.