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Suffering and the search for meaning : contemporary responses to the problem of pain / Richard Rice.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rice, Richard, 1944- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Suffering--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Suffering.
- Theodicy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (172 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Suffering is a deeply personal problem. Why is this happening to me? Guiding readers through the seven most significant theodicies, Richard Rice uses theory and personal stories to help each of us form a response to suffering that is both intellectually satisfying and personally authentic.
- Contents:
- 1. My God, Why?
- 2. God Never Makes Mistakes
- 3. Let Freedom Ring
- 4. No Pain, No Gain
- 5. An Enemy Hath Done This
- 6. Love Makes the World Go Round
- 7. Even God Can't Do Everything
- 8. Rage Against the Dying of the Light
- 9. Fragments of Meaning.
- Notes:
- Includes indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780830880201
- 0830880208
- OCLC:
- 882106510
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