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Author
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
xxii, 284 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
C.S. Lewis was concerned about an aspect of the problem of evil he called subjectivism: the tendency of one's perspective to move towards self-referentialism and utilitarianism. In C.S. Lewis and a Problem of Evil, Jerry Root provides a holistic reading of Lewis by walking the reader through all of Lewis's published work as he argues Lewis's case against subjectivism. Furthermore, the book reveals that Lewis consistently employed fiction to make his...
Author
Publisher
Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xv, 206 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
If God is all powerful and entirely good and loving, why is there so much evil in the world? Based on a close canonical reading of Scripture, this book offers a new approach to the challenge of reconciling the Christian confession of a loving God with the realities of suffering and evil. John Peckham offers a constructive proposal for a theodicy of love that upholds both the sovereignty of God and human freedom, showing that Scripture points toward...
Author
Series
Gifford lectures volume 2003
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
xiv, 183 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
x, 213 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Evil: A Guide for the Perplexed is a lively examination of the philosophical and theological problems raised by the existence of widespread evil. It explores classic debates around this problem and also engages with more recent ones, from new challenges posed by scientific advances in evolutionary theory, neuroscience, and cosmology, to concerns of climate change and environmental degradation, to questions raised by increasing religious and secular...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xi, 172 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Aquinas scholar Brian Davies here offers an in-depth study of the saint's thoughts on God and evil, revealing that Aquinas's thinking about God and evil can be traced through his metaphysical philosophy, his thoughts on God and creation, and his writings about Christian revelation and the doctrines of the Trinity.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
xix, 719 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The serpent of ancient times was more often associated with positive attributes like healing and eternal life than it was with negative meanings. This groundbreaking book explores in plentiful detail the symbol of the serpent from 40,000 BCE to the present, and from diverse regions in the world. In doing so it emphasizes the creativity of the biblical authors' use of symbols and argues that we must today reexamine our own archetypal conceptions with...