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Record Nr.

UNINA9910955169203321

Autore

Stackhouse John G.

Titolo

Can God be trusted? : faith and the challenge of evil / / John G. Stackhouse, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-773847-8

0-19-028351-3

1-280-52963-6

0-19-802777-X

1-4294-0018-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 196 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

231/.8

Soggetti

Theodicy

Good and evil

Trust in God - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-191) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Is There a Problem?; CHAPTER TWO: What Is Evil?; CHAPTER THREE: Further Problems; CHAPTER FOUR: Other Angles; CHAPTER FIVE: A Good World After All?; CHAPTER SIX: The Fork in the Road; CHAPTER SEVEN: Thinking and Living; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Why does an all-powerful, all-good God allow evil to happen? Offering an overview of this seemingly intractable problem, this text presents the reflections of classical and contemporary thinkers, and gives clues as to how God governs the cosmos.