The Hardest Problem: God, Evil and Suffering by Shortt, Rupert

The Hardest Problem: God, Evil and Suffering

To many, the problem of evil and suffering constitutes by far the most serious objection to mainstream...
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Author: Rupert Shortt
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The Hardest Problem: God, Evil and Suffering by Shortt, Rupert

The Hardest Problem: God, Evil and Suffering

€28,26

The Hardest Problem: God, Evil and Suffering

€28,26
Author: Rupert Shortt
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
To many, the problem of evil and suffering constitutes by far the most serious objection to mainstream religious belief. For all its starkness and salience, though, the dilemma is also widely misinterpreted. That visceral feelings often dominate discussion is understandable on one level. But this can displace the clearer-headed thinking needed to shed greater light on the subject.

In this brief but broad-ranging book, Rupert Shortt shows that belief in a divine Creator is much more coherent intellectually than many sceptics suppose. Basic misconceptions about core aspects of Judaism, Christianity and Islam can in turn spawn still greater caricatures of subjects including divine power. Having cleared the ground, Shortt goes on to discuss the nature of evil from a classical Abrahamic standpoint and how Christian resources in particular offer guidance in an area where raw emotion, conceptual thought and the deepest trials of the spirit overlap. If the dilemma has no clear solution, that need not discredit sensitive and creative ways of grappling with it.

The Hardest Problem is an accessible contemporary reflection on the perennial question of human suffering.

Author: Rupert Shortt
Publisher: Hodder Faith
Published: 06/13/2023
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 7.87h x 5.20w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9781399802710

About the Author
Rupert Shortt is a bestselling author and Research Associate at the Von Hügel Institute, University of Cambridge. He was religion editor of The Times Literary Supplement from 2000 to 2020, and is a former Visiting Fellow at Oxford University. The author of many books, Rupert has also contributed to a wide range of publications including the Guardian, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph, The Tablet and the Madrid-based Revista de Libros.


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