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The transforming God : an interpretation of suffering and evil

Author:Tyron Inbody

Summary:Theologian Tyron Inbody suggests a new understanding of God in this highly accessible introduction to Christian perspectives of suffering and evil. Interpreting suffering and evil as religious problems, Inbody analyzes and assesses the notion of an all-loving and omnipotent Deity found in classical theism. He concludes with a radical...

Print Book, English, ©1997

Edition:1st ed View all formats and editions

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Ky., ©1997

Physical Description:233 pages ; 23 cm

ISBN:

9780664257118, 0664257119

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:36037804

Subjects:

Suffering Religious aspects Christianity

Contents:

"When the Waves Turn the Minutes to Hours": Suffering and Evil as Religious Problems

"Everything Is Beautiful in Its Own Way": The Great Tradition

"Why Did God Take My Baby?": Theism in the Life of Faith

"Fatal Attraction": Is God Too Good to Be True?

"I Form Light and Create Darkness": The Shadow Side of God

"I Never Promised You a Rose Garden": Creation and Tragic Structure

"Thy Compassions, They Fail Not": Suffering and Power in Process Theology

"God with Us": The Triune God and Human Suffering