Book Description
Gathers some of the most meaningful recent reflections on the problem of evil.
Author : Peter Van Inwagen
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 33,79 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780802826978
Gathers some of the most meaningful recent reflections on the problem of evil.
Author : Gregory A. Boyd
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 47,20 MB
Release : 2001-10-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830815500
Gregory Boyd seeks to defend his scripturally grounded trinitarian warfare theod-icy with rigorous philosophical reflection and insights from human experience and scientific discovery.
Author : Jeremy A. Evans
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,92 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1433671808
For philosophy and theology scholars as well as their students, a thoughtful book offering holistic responses to the problem of evil that are philosophically and theologically maintainable.
Author : Randy Alcorn
Publisher : Multnomah
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 32,70 MB
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1601425791
Suffering is, in the end, God’s invitation to trust him. “As he did in his best-selling book, Heaven, Randy Alcorn delves deep into a profound subject, and through compelling stories, provocative questions and answers, and keen biblical understanding, he brings assurance and hope to all.” –Publishers Weekly Every one of us will experience suffering. You may be in such a time now. We see the presence of evil in the headlines every day. It all raises questions about God—Why would an all-good and all-powerful God create a world full of evil and suffering? How can there be a God if suffering and evil exist? Atheists such as Richard Dawkins and even former believers like Bart Ehrman answer the question simply: The existence of suffering and evil proves there is no God. But in this illuminating book, best-selling author Randy Alcorn challenges the logic of disbelief, and brings a fresh, hopeful, and thoroughly biblical insight to the issues these important questions raise. Alcorn offers insights from his conversations with men and women whose lives have been torn apart by suffering, and yet whose faith in God burns brighter than ever. He reveals the big picture of who God is and what God is doing in the world—now and forever. And he shows the beauty of God’s sovereignty—how it ultimately triumphs over suffering and evil in our lives and the world around us.
Author : Bart D. Ehrman
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 28,42 MB
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0061744409
One Bible, Many Answers In God's Problem, the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus challenges the contradictory biblical explanations for why an all-powerful God allows us to suffer.
Author : Marilyn McCord Adams
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 48,18 MB
Release : 2017-02-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0253024382
Provocative essays that seek “to turn the attention of analytic philosophy of religion on the problem of evil . . . towards advances in ethical theory” (Reading Religion). The contributors to this book—Marilyn McCord Adams, John Hare, Linda Zagzebski, Laura Garcia, Bruce Russell, Stephen Wykstra, and Stephen Maitzen—attended two University of Notre Dame conferences in which they addressed the thesis that there are yet untapped resources in ethical theory for affecting a more adequate solution to the problem of evil. The problem of evil has been an extremely active area of study in the philosophy of religion for many years. Until now, most sources have focused on logical, metaphysical, and epistemological issues, leaving moral questions as open territory. With the resources of ethical theory firmly in hand, this volume provides lively insight into this ageless philosophical issue. “These essays—and others—will be of primary interest to scholars working in analytic philosophy of religion from a self-consciously Christian standpoint, but its audience is not limited to such persons. The book offers illustrative examples of how scholars in philosophy of religion understand their aims and how they go about making their arguments . . . hopefully more work will follow this volume’s lead.”—Reading Religion “Recommended.”—Choice
Author : Chad Meister
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 14,35 MB
Release : 2012-11-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0830866469
Leading thinkers in Christian philosophy and apologetics take on the problem of evil and suffering. Essays from Gregory Ganssle, Yena Lee, Bruce Little, Garry DeWeese, R. Douglas Geivett and others provide critical engagement with the New Atheists and offer grounds for renewed confidence in the God who is "acquainted with grief."
Author : Clay Jones
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,79 MB
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0736970444
"If you are looking for one book to make sense of the problem of evil, this book is for you." Sean McDowell Grasping This Truth Will Change Your View of God Forever If God is good and all-powerful, why doesn't He put a stop to the evil in this world? Christians and non-Christians alike struggle with the concept of a loving God who allows widespread suffering in this life and never-ending punishment in hell. We wrestle with questions such as... Why do bad things happen to good people? Why should we have to pay for Adam's sin? How can eternal judgment be fair? But what if the real problem doesn't start with God...but with us? Clay Jones, an associate professor of Christian apologetics at Biola University, examines what Scripture truly says about the nature of evil and why God allows it. Along the way, he'll help you discover the contrasting abundance of God's grace, the overwhelming joy of heaven, and the extraordinary destiny of believers.
Author : Alvin Plantinga
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 141 pages
File Size : 20,1 MB
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0802872042
Author : David Bentley Hart
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 34,39 MB
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802866867
As news reports of the horrific December 2004 tsunami in Asia reached the rest of the world, commentators were quick to seize upon the disaster as proof of either God s power or God s nonexistence, asking over and over, How could a good and loving God if such exists allow such suffering? In The Doors of the Sea David Bentley Hart speaks at once to those skeptical of Christian faith and to those who use their Christian faith to rationalize senseless human suffering. He calls both to recognize in the worst catastrophes not the providential will of God but rather the ongoing struggle between the rebellious powers that enslave the world and the God who loves it wholly.