Demystifying Evil - by Ingrid Faro (Paperback)

About the Book

How can we understand God's work in a world permeated with evil? Narrating her own wrestling with evil as well as engaging in biblical and philosophical analysis, biblical scholar Ingrid Faro explores the many dimensions to evil in a way that is soberly honest, biblically engaged, and theologically nuanced.

Book Synopsis

The evil that afflicts our lives often leaves us confused and directionless, wounded and powerless. How should we respond to evil's power to assault us? How can we understand God's work in a world that seems all too often to be permeated with evil?

Narrating her own wrestling with evil as well as engaging in biblical and philosophical analysis, biblical scholar Ingrid Faro explores the many dimensions to evil. Soberly honest, biblically engaged, and theologically nuanced, Demystifying Evil examines the power of evil to disrupt and fragment our lives and tempt us to collude with it.

But evil does not have the last word. Faro takes us on a journey into the book of Genesis, the Ancient Near East culture, the cross, and her own story of suffering to engage the undoing of evil.

Review Quotes

"'Life is hard. The world is filled with evil.' These are the first words in chapter one of Dr. Ingrid Faro's wonderful book, Demystifying Evil. The reality of evil is everywhere, and we must have tools and strategies to navigate our approach to evil. Dr. Faro does a fantastic job of weaving both the theological and practical, which enables us to face the evil in our world and not be stifled. Dr. Faro is an outstanding biblical scholar and a tremendous communicator. I highly recommend this book without hesitation, and hopefully you, too, will gain insights as I have from Dr. Faro."

"Blending personal testimony, biblical study, and theological reflection, Ingrid Faro probes evil-our world's greatest menace. She is readable, intelligent, chilling, and, at last, reassuring."

"Probing the depths of human experience, Ingrid Faro addresses evil, what it is, how it works, and how God in his goodness overcomes it. Breathtaking in her honesty and relentless in her biblical scholarship, Faro broaches the subject we all must eventually face. Demystifying Evil is a masterful treatment of a fundamental issue from a voice uniquely gifted to write this book. A truly overwhelmingly powerful book."

About the Author

Ingrid Faro (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is coordinator of the MA in Old Testament program and visiting professor at Northern Seminary in Lisle, Illinois. She previously served as dean of academic affairs at Northern Seminary, dean of theology at the Scandinavian School of Theology, and director of masters programs at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. She is the author of Evil in Genesis and coauthor of Honest Answers. Additionally, she serves on the editorial board of the Bulletin for Biblical Research. She speaks and preaches internationally and lives just outside Chicago, Illinois.