The challenge of evil: grace and the problem of suffering
Belief in God in the face of suffering is one of the most intractable problems of Christian theology. Many respond to the spiritual challenge of evil by ignoring it, blaming God, or insisting on the inherent meaninglessness of life. In this book, William Greenway contends that we don't have to...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Louisville, Kentucky
Westminster John Knox Press
[2016]
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Reviews: | The Challenge of Evil: Grace and the Problem of Suffering, William Greenway, WJK, 2016 (ISBN 978-0-664-26234-1), x + 150 pp., pb 30 (2019) (Davidel, Laura)
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Further subjects: | B
Suffering
Religious aspects
Christianity
B Good and evil Religious aspects Christianity B Dostoyevsky, Fyodor 1821-1881 Bratʹi︠a︡ Karamazovy (Dostoyevsky, Fyodor) |
| Summary: | Belief in God in the face of suffering is one of the most intractable problems of Christian theology. Many respond to the spiritual challenge of evil by ignoring it, blaming God, or insisting on the inherent meaninglessness of life. In this book, William Greenway contends that we don't have to deny our moral selves by either ignoring evil or abandoning our moral sensibilities toward it. We can open our eyes fully to suffering and evil, and our own complicity in them. We can do so because it is only in this full acceptance of the world's guilt and our own that we make ourselves fully open to agape, to being seized by love of others and God. Inspired by the Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas and the Christian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Challenge of Evil lovingly explains how we can look squarely at the overwhelming suffering in the world and still, by grace, have faith in a good and loving God |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0664262341 |