| God, Power, and Evil: A Process Theodicy Contributor(s): Griffin, David Ray (Author) |
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ISBN: 0664229069 ISBN-13: 9780664229061 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press OUR PRICE: $43.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2004 Annotation: The baffling age-old question--If there is a good God, why is there evil in the world?--has troubled ordinary people and great thinkers for centuries. "God, Power, and Evil illuminates the issues by providing both (1) a critical historical survey of theodicy as presented in the works of major Western philosophers and theologians--Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, Augustine, Aquinas, Spinoza, Luther, Calvin, Leibniz, Barth, John Hick, James Ross, Fackenheim, Brunner, Berkeley, Albert Knudson, E.S. Brighton, and others--and (2) a brilliant constructive statement of an understanding of theodicy written from the perspective of the "process" philosophical and theological thought inspired primarily by Alfred North Whitehead and Charles Hartshorne. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Systematic - Religion | Philosophy |
| Dewey: 231.8 |
| LCCN: 2006275044 |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.46" W x 9" (1.14 lbs) 340 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: The baffling age-old question, if there is a good God, why is there evil in the world? has troubled ordinary people and great thinkers for centuries. God, Power, and Evil illuminates the issues by providing both a critical historical survey of theodicy as presented in the works of major Western philosophers and theologians--Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, Augustine, Aquinas, Spinoza, Luther, Calvin, Leibniz, Barth, John Hick, James Ross, Fackenheim, Brunner, Berkeley, Albert Knudson, E. S. Brighton, and others--and a brilliant constructive statement of an understanding of theodicy written from the perspective of the process philosophical and theological thought inspired primarily by Alfred North Whitehead and Charles Hartshorne. |
Contributor Bio(s): Griffin, David Ray: - David Ray Griffin is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Theology at Claremont School of Theology, Professor Emeritus of Religion at Claremont Graduate University, and Co-Founder of the Center for Process Studies. He is the author of Two Great Truths: A New Synthesis of Scientific Naturalism and Christian Faith, and coauthor, with John B. Cobb Jr., of Process Theology: An Introductory Exposition. Author of numerous books in philosophy of religion, he has also published two popular books on the World Trade Center attacks: The New Pearl Harbor: Distubing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11 and The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions. |