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Highlights
- A world renowned author and scholar grapples with the problem of evil existing in a world ruled by an all-loving and all-powerful God.
- Author(s): Henri Blocher
- 154 Pages
- Religion + Beliefs, Christian Theology
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Book Synopsis
A world renowned author and scholar grapples with the problem of evil existing in a world ruled by an all-loving and all-powerful God.From the Back Cover
"Evil is conquered as evil because God turns it back upon itself."--From the Conclusion
Evil. All languages have a word for it, yet philosophers and theologians alike have been unsuccessful in trying to understand it. Where did it come from? Why is it here?
In an attempt to answer these questions, both Christians and non-Christians have turned to the only place they can--the Scriptures.
In this book, world-renowned author and scholar Henri Blocher explores three proposed solutions to the problem of evil, the downfalls to each solution, and the hope found in Scripture. In the end, we will find ourselves nowhere else than at the foot of the cross.
Henri Blocher is professor of systematic theology at the Faculte Libre de Theologie Evangelique in Vaux-sur-Seine, France, and he holds the newly endowed Gunther H. Knoedler Chair of Theology in the Biblical and Theological Studies Ph.D. program at Wheaton College. Widely recognized as a leading theologian and an evangelical statesman, Blocher has lectured or taught in schools in Europe, Australia, Africa, Canada, and the U.S. He has written many works in French and English, including In the Beginning, Songs of the Servant, and Original Sin: Illuminating the Bible.
Review Quotes
Evil and the Cross is a must read. It should be required of every theologian and every seminarian (the book actually began as a series of articles in Hokhma, a French journal for theology students). But, speaking as a pastor, it is just the sort of theology pastors should read as well. Not only does Blocker treat a universal pastoral issueówhat pastor has not faced the "why" question?óhe also models pastoral theologizing, teasing out as he goes the real-life implications of his analysis. Further, while the book would probably overtax readers without some background in theology (and challenge those who do!), it is well-written and manages that most artful balance of "enough but not too much," so as to be really useful.--C. Richard Wells "Criswell Theological Review" (3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM)