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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stackhouse, John G., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theodicy.

Good and evil.

Trust in God--Christianity.

Trust in God.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 196 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1998.

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

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773847-8

0-19-028351-3

1-280-52963-6

0-19-802777-X

1-4294-0018-8

OCLC:

476006502