Providence and the Problem of Evil

by Richard Swinburne

Book Overview

This book offers an answer to one of the most difficult problems of religious belief: why does a loving God allow humans to suffer so much? Swinburne argues that God wants us to learn and to love, to make our choices about good and evil for ourselves and others on our own, to form our characters in the way we choose, and, above all, to be of great use to each other. If we are to have all these choices and commitments, then there will inevitably be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198237987
• ISBN13: 9780198237983
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.5"