Raging with compassion :pastoral responses to the problem of evil /John Swinton.
Description
Introduction -- The problem with the problem of evil : pastoral perspectives -- The problem with the problem of evil : from philosophical to practical theodicy -- Defining evil -- From theodicy to resistance : developing the practices of redemption -- Why me, Lord-- why me? : the practice of lament as resistance and deliverance -- Battling monsters and resurrecting persons : practicing forgiveness in the face of radical evil -- Practicing thoughtfulness : what are people for? -- Friendship, strangeness, and hospitable communities.
viii, 264 p. :ill. ;23 cm.
Book Details
Author
Swinton, John
Place Published
City
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Date Published
2007
Publication Subjects
Theodicy.
Good and evil--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Theology, Practical.