num_pages: 170
description: Suffering Is A Philosophical Problem, But It Is Much More. It Is Deeply Personal. Why Is This Happening To Me And You? How Can I Respond To Friends And Family In Pain And Loss, To People In My Care? Richard Rice Guides Readers Through The Most Significant Approaches That Have Been Used To Make Sense Of Suffering In Order To Help Readers Find A Response That Is Both Intellectually Satisfying And Personally Authentic. My God, Why? The Question That Never Goes Away -- God Never Makes Mistakes : Perfect Plan Theodicy -- Let Freedom Ring : The Free Will Defense -- No Pain, No Gain : Soul Making Theodicy -- An Enemy Hath Done This : Cosmic Conflict Theodicy -- Love Makes The World Go Round : Openness Of God Theodicy -- Even God Can't Do Everything : Finite God Theodicy -- Rage Against The Dying Of The Light : Protest Theodicies -- Fragments Of Meaning : When Suffering Comes To You. Richard Rice. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.
language: en
title: Suffering and the Search for Meaning: Contemporary Responses to the Problem of Pain
publisher: IVP Academic