Raging with compassion
Subtitle: pastoral responses to the problem of evil
By: John Swinton.
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780802829979
Subjects: Theodicy; Good and evil -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Theology, Practical
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The problem with the problem of evil : pastoral perspectives; title: The problem with the problem of evil : from philosophical to practical theodicy; title: Defining evil; title: From theodicy to resistance : developing the practices of redemption; title: Why me, Lord ... why me?; title: The practice of lament as resistance and deliverance; title: Battling monsters and resurrecting persons : practicing forgiveness in the face of radical evil; title: Practicing thoughtfulness : what are people for?; title: Friendship, strangeness, and hospitable communities.