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Satan and the Problem of Evil
Contributor(s): Boyd, Gregory A. (Author)
ISBN: 0830815503     ISBN-13: 9780830815500
Publisher: IVP Academic
OUR PRICE:   $44.55  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2001
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Annotation: Gregory Boyd seeks to defend his scripturally grounded trinitarian warfare theod-icy with rigorous philosophical reflection and insights from human experience and scientific discovery.
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Theology - Angelology & Demonology
- Religion | Christian Theology - Apologetics
Dewey: 231.8
LCCN: 2001024838
Physical Information: 1.34" H x 6.11" W x 9.02" (1.54 lbs) 456 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Academic
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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  • Where does evil come from?
  • If there is a sovereign creator God, as Christian faith holds, is this God ultimately responsible for evil?
  • Does God's sovereignty mean that God causes each instance of sin and suffering?
  • How do Satan, his demons and hell fit into God's providential oversight of all creation and history?
  • How does God interact with human intention and action?
  • If people act freely, does God know in particular every human decision before the choice is made?

In this important book Gregory A. Boyd mounts a thorough response to these ages-old questions, which remain both crucial and contentious, both practical and complex. In this work Boyd defends his scripturally grounded trinitarian warfare theodicy (presented in God at War) with rigorous philosophical reflection and insights from human experience and scientific discovery. Critiquing the classical Calvinist solution to the problem of evil, he advocates an alternative understanding of the sovereignty of the trinitarian God and of the reality of Satan that sheds light on our fallen human condition. While all may not agree with Boyd's conclusions, Satan and the Problem of Evil promises to advance the church's discussion of these critical issues.


Contributor Bio(s): Boyd, Gregory A.: - Gregory A. Boyd (Ph.D., Princeton Theological Seminary) is a pastor at Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Previously, he was a professor of theology at Bethel University, also in St. Paul. His books include Recovering the Real Jesus in an Age of Revisionist Replies, Letters from a Skeptic, God of the Possible, Repenting of Religion, Seeing is Believing, Escaping the Matrix, The Jesus Legend, Myth of a Christian Nation, Is God to Blame, God at War and Satan and the Problem of Evil.