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Raging with Compassion : pastoral responses to the problem of evil / John Swinton.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., c2007.Description: viii, 264 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780802829979 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 080282997X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 231.8 22 SWI
LOC classification:
  • BT160 .S95 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Books Bishop Bukenya Library Open Access / General collection 231.8 SWI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 159495

Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-255) and index.

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.

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