Books 1 20 of 114 results 20 40 best sellers newest to oldest oldest to newest price low to high price high to low title a to z title z to a. Translation and commentary on the book of job yale judaica series, xxv by saadiah ben joseph alfayyumi and lenn evan goodman aug 24, 1988. The evidential problem of evil is the problem of determining whether and, if so, to what extent the. An essay on free will oup, 1983, material beings, metaphysics 2002 2nd ed. John stackhouse september 15, 2010 this is the classic philosophical assault on the idea of god.
His books include recovering the real jesus in an age of revisionist replies, letters from a skeptic, god of the possible, repenting of religion, seeing is believing, escaping the matrix, the jesus legend, myth of a christian nation, is god to blame, god at war and satan and the problem of evil. This book is also especially appropriate for students of psychology and death and bereavement courses. Evidential problem of evil, the internet encyclopedia of philosophy. Since the problem of evil is the greatest theological challenge christians face today, we will explore the meaning of theodicy in the book of job, christian theology, and also aim to help readers to form a christian response to the problem of evil. My top 5 books on the problem of evil picks from john stackhouse, author of can god be trusted. Before delving into the deep and often murky waters of the problem of evil, it will be helpful to provide. Theodicy problem of evil, philosophy, religious, books. We will next investigate the problem from the perspectives of st.
Thomas aquinas suggested the afterlife theodicy to address the problem of evil and to justify the existence of evil. Thus peter van inwagen, throughout his book the problem of evil. Theodicy attempts to resolve the evidential problem of evil by reconciling the traditional divine characteristics of omnibenevolence and omnipotence, in either their absolute or relative form, with the occurrence of evil or suffering in the world. In his bestselling book when bad things happen to good people, rabbi harold kushner 1981 offers the following escape route for the theist. Theodicy problem of evil, philosophy, religious, books barnes. An important new book on how we can still believe in a god of love and confront the problem of evil in the world. My top 5 books on the problem of evil christianity today. The epistemic question posed by evil is whether the world contains. Swinburne makes 35 arguments in this book that are quite simply novel. Intended to psychologists, clergy, and therapists and school guidance counselors specializing in treating dysfunctional families, grief counseling for the family, unresolved grief issues, etc. Ive read on the problem of evil quite a bit, and usually you will find the same argument.
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