Bibliograph

God's problem, how the Bible fails to answer our most important question--why we suffer, Bart D. Ehrman

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God's problem, how the Bible fails to answer our most important question--why we suffer, Bart D. Ehrman

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eng

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Main title

God's problem

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sound recording

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156816505

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Bart D. Ehrman

Sub title

how the Bible fails to answer our most important question--why we suffer

Summary

A professor of religious studies and former conservative Christian describes the painful dissolution of his faith in a scholarly evaluation that explores the nature of a God who allows suffering and the Bible's often contradictory perspectives on suffering

Table Of Contents

Suffering and a crisis of faith -- Sinners in the hands of an angry God : the classical view of suffering -- More sin and more wrath : the dominance of the classical view of suffering -- The consequences of sin -- The mystery of the greater good : redemptive suffering -- Does suffering make sense? : the books of Job and Ecclesiastes -- God has the last word : Jewish-Christian apocalypticism -- More apocalpytic views : God's ultimate triumph over evil -- Suffering : the conclusion

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