God Power And Evil

Author : David Ray Griffin
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664229069

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God, Power, and Evil by David Ray Griffin Pdf

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.

Author : Professor James A Keller
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781409477792

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Problems of Evil and the Power of God by Professor James A Keller Pdf

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.

Author : Atle Ottesen Søvik
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004205604

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The Problem of Evil and the Power of God by Atle Ottesen Søvik Pdf

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.

Author : Kenneth K. Pak
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317148890

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Divine Power and Evil by Kenneth K. Pak Pdf

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.

Author : James A. Keller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317075523

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Problems of Evil and the Power of God by James A. Keller Pdf

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.

Author : Linwood Urban,Douglas N. Walton
Publisher : New York : Oxford University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015010869702

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The Power of God by Linwood Urban,Douglas N. Walton Pdf

Author : N. T. Wright
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830834150

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Evil and the Justice of God by N. T. Wright Pdf

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.

Author : Bruno Webb
Publisher : Sophia Institute Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781928832768

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Why Does God Permit Evil? by Bruno Webb Pdf

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

Author : Randy Alcorn
Publisher : Christian Large Print
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Large print books
ISBN : 1594155089

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If God is Good-- by Randy Alcorn Pdf

Paints a realistic picture of who God is and what God is doing in the world, encouraging believers to share their faith more clearly and genuinely in a world filled with pain and fear.

Author : Clay Jones
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780736970440

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Why Does God Allow Evil? by Clay Jones Pdf

"If you are looking for one book to make sense of the problem of evil, this book is for you." Sean McDowell Grasping This Truth Will Change Your View of God Forever If God is good and all-powerful, why doesn't He put a stop to the evil in this world? Christians and non-Christians alike struggle with the concept of a loving God who allows widespread suffering in this life and never-ending punishment in hell. We wrestle with questions such as... Why do bad things happen to good people? Why should we have to pay for Adam's sin? How can eternal judgment be fair? But what if the real problem doesn't start with God...but with us? Clay Jones, an associate professor of Christian apologetics at Biola University, examines what Scripture truly says about the nature of evil and why God allows it. Along the way, he'll help you discover the contrasting abundance of God's grace, the overwhelming joy of heaven, and the extraordinary destiny of believers.

Author : Tyron Inbody
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664257119

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The Transforming God by Tyron Inbody Pdf

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.

Author : David Ray Griffin
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1991-07-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438404837

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Evil Revisited by David Ray Griffin Pdf

In this book Griffin responds to critiques of his earlier work—God, Power, and Evil: A Process Theodicy—and discusses ways in which his position has changed in the intervening years. In so doing, he examines the problem of evil, theodicy, and philosophical theology, and contrasts traditional theism and process theism with regard to the question of omnipotence.

Author : Norman L. Geisler
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441214652

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If God, Why Evil? by Norman L. Geisler Pdf

Bestselling author and apologist takes on one of the most difficult questions Christians face. How can an omnipotent, loving God preside over a world filled with evil and suffering? The author's approach is concise, systematic, and clearly communicated, just what Geisler fans have grown to expect. In addition to relying on time-tested solutions to the problem of evil, the author also presents a compelling new way to think about this puzzle.

Author : Chad Meister,James K. Dew Jr.
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830866465

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God and Evil by Chad Meister,James K. Dew Jr. Pdf

The question of evil--its origins, its justification, its solution--has plagued humankind from the beginning. Every generation raises the question and struggles with the responses it is given. Questions about the nature of evil and how it is reconciled with the truth claims of Christianity are unavoidable; we need to be prepared to respond to such questions with great clarity and good faith. God and Evil compiles the best thinking on all angles on the question of evil, from some of the finest scholars in religion, philosophy and apologetics, including Gregory E. Ganssle and Yena Lee Bruce Little Garry DeWeese R. Douglas Geivett James Spiegel Jill Graper Hernandez Win Corduan David Beck With additional chapters addressing "issues in dialogue" such as hell and human origins, and a now-famous debate between evangelical philosopher William Lane Craig and atheist philosopher Michael Tooley, God and Evil provides critical engagement with recent arguments against faith and offers grounds for renewed confidence in the God who is "acquainted with grief."

Author : Anna Case-Winters
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664251064

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God's Power by Anna Case-Winters Pdf

With this book, Anna Case-Winters provides a reconstruction of the doctrine of God based on process theology and feminist thought. She takes a fresh approach to the problem of theodicy (the justification of God's goodness and omnipotence in view of the existence of evil) and contends that traditional attempts to address this problem are unsuccessful because they do not discuss the meaning of omnipotence. Once the dispute is recast, it is not a question of how much power is attributed to God, but what kind. Case-Winters provides a coherent and theologically viable doctrine of omnipotence that avoids the pitfalls of traditional beliefs.