Document Type
Article
Peer Reviewed
1
Publication Date
4-2013
Scholarship Domain(s)
Scholarship of Discovery
Abstract
This paper is a historical investigation into the involvement of African Americans during the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793. It explores key figures, details, medical realities, and media representation. The particular focus lies on the dilemma of suffering in the world and how the African American understanding of evil in this community led to their decision of involvement. Their understanding of theodicy will be weighed against modern philosophical and theological attempts to deal with theodicy.
Recommended Citation
Boone, Kyle, "A Theodicy of Redemptive Suffering in African American Involvement Led by Absalom Jones and Richard Allen in the Philadelphia Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" (2013). Undergraduate Student Scholarship – History. 2.
https://digitalcommons.olivet.edu/hist_ugrd/2
Included in
African American Studies Commons, American Studies Commons, Epidemiology Commons, Ethics in Religion Commons, History of Christianity Commons, History of Religion Commons, Metaphysics Commons, Public History Commons, Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons, Social History Commons, United States History Commons
Comments
Senior Thesis for Senior Seminar for the Department of History