Demystifying evil : a biblical and personal exploration / Ingrid Faro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Faro, Ingrid, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Good and evil--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Good and evil.

Devil--Christianity.

Devil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Downers Grove, IL : InterVarsity Press, [2023]

Summary:

How can we understand God's work in a world permeated with evil? Narrating her own wrestling with evil as well as engaging in biblical and philosophical analysis, biblical scholar Ingrid Faro explores the many dimensions to evil in a way that is soberly honest, biblically engaged, and theologically nuanced.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Contents

Trigger Warning

Foreword by Heather Davediuk Gingrich

Acknowledgments

Part 1: Wrestling with Evil

1 Entering the Conflict

2 Distinguishing Between Evil, Suffering, and Pain and the Ambiguity of Evil

3 Defining Evil-Biblically

Part 2: Natural Causes: Cosmic Seed and Natural Evil

4 Action-Consequence and the Cosmic Seed

5 Nature: Are All Natural Forces Natural?

Part 3: Human Causes - Surprising Ways We Participate in Evil and Good

6 Human Need and Desire: The Misuse of Intended Good

7 Self-Sufficiency: The Root of Pride and Insecurity

8 Human Responsibility and Authority

9 Human Freedom and the Path to Restore the World

Part 4: Unseen Causes: Spiritual Forces at Work

10 Malevolent Forces and the Rise of the Satan

11 Demons, Angels, and Other Spiritual Entities

12 The Divine Council and the "Rules of Engagement"

Part 5: God at Work

13 The Power of Mercy and Grace

14 The Costly Work of Forgiveness

15 For Those Who Mourn: Turning Ashes into Beauty

Notes

Bibliography

General Index

Scripture Index

Praise for Demystifying Evil

About the Author

More Titles from InterVarsity Press

Copyright.

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781514004944

1514004941

OCLC:

1402024956