The reality of God and the problem of evil / Brian Davies.
An important new book on how we can still believe in a God of love and confront the problem of evil in the world. Probably the most important book on the subject since John Hick's book Èvil and the God of Love.̀ & ; Evil is a strong word that people now employ fairly rarely. Many people bel...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
©2006.
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| Summary: | An important new book on how we can still believe in a God of love and confront the problem of evil in the world. Probably the most important book on the subject since John Hick's book Èvil and the God of Love.̀ & ; Evil is a strong word that people now employ fairly rarely. Many people believe these days that God is omnipotent, omniscient and good and that what we deem to be bad or evil in the world is no reason for abandoning belief in God. It is an intellectual or theoretical problem not one where the focus is on how one might bring about some desirable goal (a practical matter). & ; Profess. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-260) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441138705 1441138706 1282014145 9781282014145 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |