Raging with Compassion : pastoral responses to the problem of evil /
Swinton, John, 1957-
Raging with Compassion : pastoral responses to the problem of evil / John Swinton. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., c2007. - viii, 264 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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.
9780802829979 (pbk. : alk. paper) 080282997X (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006039027
Theodicy.
Good and evil--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Theology, Practical.
BT160 / .S95 2007
231.8 / SWI
Raging with Compassion : pastoral responses to the problem of evil / John Swinton. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., c2007. - viii, 264 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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.
9780802829979 (pbk. : alk. paper) 080282997X (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006039027
Theodicy.
Good and evil--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Theology, Practical.
BT160 / .S95 2007
231.8 / SWI