God without the idea of evil / Jean-Miguel Garrigues, O.P. ; translated by Gregory Casprini, O.S.B. ; foreword by Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, O.P.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garrigues, Jean-Miguel, 1944- author.

Contributor:

Casprini, Gregory, translator.

Schönborn, Christoph von, writer of foreword.

Standardized Title:

Dieu sans idée du mal. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Theodicy.

Good and evil--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Good and evil.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 179 : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, [2023]

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

"In God without the Idea of Evil, well-known French Catholic theologian Jean-Miguel Garrigues, O.P., seeks to rise above the apparent contradiction of faith and the existence of evil, suffering, and death. Originally published in France as Dieu sans idée du mal in 1982, a revised second edition came out in 1990, and in 2016 the book was released again with a foreword by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, which serves as the basis for the present translation. At its heart, this book contemplates the mystery of our election by God, which is expressed in the very fact of our existence. Garrigues addresses compelling theological topics-the concept of moral evil, the "redemptive charity" of Christ, the "journey" of human liberty, and the process of "nature becoming history"-with precise, poetically charged language that remains accessible. Garrigues makes a passionate defense of the innocence of God in the face of moral evil. By enveloping us in his look, as Cardinal Schönborn writes in the foreword, "God encounters us in the very gift of being that he bestows upon us, and his eyes do not see our sin." The book invites us to rediscover in the eyes of Jesus the eternal, continually renewed charm of the divine gaze. We are illumined and inspired by a vision of God who "does not see us through the evil in us," but rather loves us from the infinite depths of his creative charity"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780268205416

0268205418

OCLC:

1370487069

Publisher Number:

99995079805