A professor of religious studies and former conservative Christian describes the painful dissolution of his faith in a scholarly evaluation that explores the nature of a God who allows suffering and the Bible's often contradictory perspectives on suffering.
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.
