Out of the Whirlwind
Innocent Pain as a Challenge to God
Published on 1. December 2019
110 pages
978-1-78959-069-2 (ISBN)
Description
A challenging and thoughtful reflection about the question of how a merciful God can allow evil.Inspired by the Book of Job,Out of the Whirlwindis a reflection on the challenge posed to the existence of a good and powerful God by the issue of innocent suffering. It takes the form of the author'sreflections as he sits in a children's ward by the bedside of his disabled son, who is dangerously ill and may be about to die. The reflections include personal reminiscence, a consideration of some traditional theodicies along with objections to them, and a couple of dream sequences, at the end of which, like Job himself in the biblical tale, the narrator receives God's answer "e;out of the whirlwind"e;.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Durham
United Kingdom
File size
0,77 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78959-069-2 (9781789590692)
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12/2019
Sacristy Press
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Content
- Intro
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- The Children's Ward
- The Arguments
- The problem set out: the Inconsistent Triad
- Defining the terms: God, evil and suffering
- God's power: free will and free process
- God's goodness: punishment, karma and the vale of soul-making
- Concluding challenge to God
- Out of the Whirlwind
- Creation
- Incarnation
- The Spirit
- Notes
