God, Power, and Evil

God, Power, and Evil
Author: David Ray Griffin
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664229061

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The baffling age-old question, if there is a good God, why is there evil in the world? has troubled ordinary people and great thinkers for centuries. God, Power, and Evil illuminates the issues by providing both a critical historical survey of theodicy as presented in the works of major Western philosophers and theologians--Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, Augustine, Aquinas, Spinoza, Luther, Calvin, Leibniz, Barth, John Hick, James Ross, Fackenheim, Brunner, Berkeley, Albert Knudson, E. S. Brighton, and others--and a brilliant constructive statement of an understanding of theodicy written from the perspective of the process philosophical and theological thought inspired primarily by Alfred North Whitehead and Charles Hartshorne.

Problems of Evil and the Power of God

Problems of Evil and the Power of God
Author: Professor James A Keller
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2013-05-28
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1409477797

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Why do bad things happen, even to good people? If there is a God, why aren't God's existence and God's will for humans more apparent? And if God really does miracles for some people, why not for others? This book examines these three problems of evil – suffering, divine hiddenness, and unfairness if miracles happen as believers claim – to explore how different ideas of God's power relate to the problem of evil. Keller argues that as long as God is believed to be all-powerful, there are no adequate answers to these problems, nor is it enough for theists simply to claim that human ignorance makes these problems insoluble. Arguing that there are no good grounds for the belief that God is all-powerful, Keller instead defends the understanding of God and God's power found in process theism and shows how it makes possible an adequate solution to the problems of evil while providing a concept of God that is religiously adequate.

The Problem of Evil and the Power of God

The Problem of Evil and the Power of God
Author: Atle Ottesen Søvik
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2011-05-23
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004205608

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This book discusses four different answers to the problem of evil, provided by Richard Swinburne, Keith Ward, David Griffin and Johan Hygen. The author suggests several improvements to these answers and concludes that there is a coherent answer to the problem of evil.

Problems of Evil and the Power of God

Problems of Evil and the Power of God
Author: James A. Keller
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2016-04-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 131707551X

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Why do bad things happen, even to good people? If there is a God, why aren't God's existence and God's will for humans more apparent? And if God really does miracles for some people, why not for others? This book examines these three problems of evil - suffering, divine hiddenness, and unfairness if miracles happen as believers claim - to explore how different ideas of God's power relate to the problem of evil. Keller argues that as long as God is believed to be all-powerful, there are no adequate answers to these problems, nor is it enough for theists simply to claim that human ignorance makes these problems insoluble. Arguing that there are no good grounds for the belief that God is all-powerful, Keller instead defends the understanding of God and God's power found in process theism and shows how it makes possible an adequate solution to the problems of evil while providing a concept of God that is religiously adequate.

If God Is Good

If God Is Good
Author: Randy Alcorn
Publisher: Multnomah
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2014-06-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1601425791

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Suffering is, in the end, God’s invitation to trust him. “As he did in his best-selling book, Heaven, Randy Alcorn delves deep into a profound subject, and through compelling stories, provocative questions and answers, and keen biblical understanding, he brings assurance and hope to all.” –Publishers Weekly Every one of us will experience suffering. You may be in such a time now. We see the presence of evil in the headlines every day. It all raises questions about God—Why would an all-good and all-powerful God create a world full of evil and suffering? How can there be a God if suffering and evil exist? Atheists such as Richard Dawkins and even former believers like Bart Ehrman answer the question simply: The existence of suffering and evil proves there is no God. But in this illuminating book, best-selling author Randy Alcorn challenges the logic of disbelief, and brings a fresh, hopeful, and thoroughly biblical insight to the issues these important questions raise. Alcorn offers insights from his conversations with men and women whose lives have been torn apart by suffering, and yet whose faith in God burns brighter than ever. He reveals the big picture of who God is and what God is doing in the world—now and forever. And he shows the beauty of God’s sovereignty—how it ultimately triumphs over suffering and evil in our lives and the world around us.

Divine Power and Evil

Divine Power and Evil
Author: Kenneth K. Pak
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2016-04-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1317148894

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Evil perplexes us all and threatens to undermine the meaningfulness of our existence. How can we reconcile the reality of evil with the notion of a God who is perfectly good and powerful? Process theodicy, whose foremost proponent is David Griffin, suggests one answer: because every being possesses its own power of self-determination in order for God to attain the divine aim of higher goodness for the world, God must take the risk of the possibility of evil. Divine Power and Evil responds to Griffin's criticisms against traditional theodicy, assesses the merits of process theodicy, and points out ways in which traditional theism could incorporate a number of Griffin's valuable insights in progressing toward a philosophically and theologically satisfactory theodicy. It provides a new and important contribution to a long-standing debate within philosophy of religion and theology.

God, Why This Evil?

God, Why This Evil?
Author: Bruce A. Little
Publisher: University Press of America
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2010
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0761852549

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This book examines the more traditional Christian explanation for why God permits evil in this world and offers an alternative explanation. Key Bible passages are discussed with an application of the alternative position to the great question of why God allows so much evil in this world.

The Transforming God

The Transforming God
Author: Tyron Inbody
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 250
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664257118

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This book offers a bold new approach to the theological interpretation of human suffering. Beginning with a description of suffering and evil as religious problems, Inbody moves to a critique of the all-loving and omnipotent deity in classical theism, concluding with a radical interpretation of the Christian God as a vulnerable, transforming God.

Why Does God Permit Evil?

Why Does God Permit Evil?
Author: Bruno Webb
Publisher: Sophia Institute Press
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2004
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1928832768

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In this slim volume, you'll find the most convincing explanation of the mystery of evil available today.

Evil and the Justice of God

Evil and the Justice of God
Author: N. T. Wright
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2013-03-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 083083415X

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N.T. Wright explores all aspects of evil and how it presents itself in society today. Fully grounded in the story of the Old and New Testaments, this presentation is provocative and hopeful; a fascinating analysis of and response to the fundamental question of evil and justice that faces believers.