Evil and the Justice of God (Hardcover)
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Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Author: Wright, N. T.
ISBN-10: 0830833986 | ISBN-13: 9780830833986
Binding: Hardcover
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Staff Review: While some may come away disappointed that Wright refuses to apply his great mind to the classic philosophical and theological battles over the origin and nature of evil, those more concerned with dealing with evil as we find it in our world will find much here to challenge how they think, pray, and act. As always, Wright’s writing is engaging and vivid, full of lively word pictures, and with a pastor’s concern for helping people where they really live and struggle. Read the complete review
Publisher Description: With every earthquake and war, understanding the nature of evil and our response to it becomes more urgent. Evil is no longer the concern just of ministers and theologians but also of politicians and the media.
We hear of child abuse, ethnic cleansing, AIDS, torture and terrorism, and rightfully we are shocked. But, N. T. Wright says, we should not be surprised. For too long we have naively believed in the modern idea of human progress. In contrast, postmodern thinkers have rightly argued that evil is real, powerful and important, but they give no real clue as to what we should do about it.
In fact, evil is more serious than either our culture or our theology has supposed. How then might Jesus' death be the culmination of the Old Testament solution to evil but on a wider and deeper scale than most imagine? Can we possibly envision a world in which we are delivered from evil? How might we work toward such a future through prayer and justice in the present?
These are the powerful and pressing themes that N. T. Wright addresses in this book that is at once timely and timeless.
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