Problems of Suffering in Religions of the World

by John Bowker

Book Overview

A comparative general study of the problems of suffering as treated by Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Marxism, Hinduism and Buddhism. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521074126
• ISBN13: 9780521074124
• Release Date: March 1970
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A must have book for any student of religion

I have found this book to be indispensible in my studies of theodicy. The book gives a short, concise over view of the major religious traditions, then explains how each tradition interprets and responds to the problems of evil and suffering. This book will give you a fairly sound grounding in the basics of each tradition. You won't have to go out and read entire text book on a religion to understand how its adherents respond to and deal with suffering and evil. An understanding of these responses is necessary to really understand a religion.