God's problem how the Bible fails to answer our most important question--why we suffer
Renowned Bible scholar Bart Ehrman discusses the contradictory explanations for suffering put forth by various biblical writers and invites all people of faith--or no faith--to confront their deepest questions about how God engages the world and each of us.
| Main Author: | Ehrman, Bart D. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
HarperOne,
c2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Suffering and a crisis of faith
- Sinners in the hands of an angry God : the classical view of suffering
- More sin and more wrath : the dominance of the classical view of suffering
- The consequences of sin
- The mystery of the greater good : redemptive suffering
- Does suffering make sense? : the books of Job and Ecclesiastes
- God has the last word : Jewish-Christian apocalypticism
- More apocalpytic views : God's ultimate triumph over evil
- Suffering : the conclusion.