This is a fascinating analysis and response to the fundamental questions that face any believer today. Sadly becoming daily more topical, this book explores all aspects of evil – our contemporary and theological understanding, and the ways in which evil presents itself in society today. Fully grounded in the bible, Evil and the Justice of God is sparkling, erudite, provocative and particularly relevant in the wake of new global terror attacks.
Accounts of cruelty, death and terrorism hit us every day. We are forced to ask fundamental questions about God and the nature of evil, which demand a theological resolution that is mature, profound and never glib.
N. T. Wright explores these pivotal questions with a fresh and engaging approach, combining the virtues of detailed scholarship with an accessible style. He neither ducks the awkward, nor avoids the unpalatable, but instead offers a new, often surprising perspective in his search for a meaningful response to the problem of evil.
‘The Rt Revd Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham . . . is that rare breed of teacher who can reach people of all levels of understanding, despite working not at the ‘coalface’, but largely as an academic theologian.’
Daily Telegraph
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Preface ix
1Evil is still a four-letter word: The new problem of evil 1
Introduction 1
(A) The new problem of evil 5
(B) The new nihilism: postmodernity 13
(C) Towards a nuanced view of evil 15
Conclusion 19
2What can God do about evil? Unjust world, just God? 22
Introduction 22
(A) To renew the blessing 25
(B) People of the solution, people of the problem 29
(C) My servant Israel, my servant Job 35
Conclusion 42
3Evil and the crucified God 45
Introduction 45
(A) Rereading the gospels 47
(B) Jesus dealing with evil 51
(C) Early Christian view of evil’s defeat 54
Results: atonement and the problem of evil 59
4 Imagine there’s no evil:
God’s promise of a world set free 64
Introduction 64
(A) Interlude: naming the powers 68
(B) World without evil 73
(C) The intermediate tasks 76
(D) Educating the imagination 81
Conclusion 83
5Deliver us from evil:
Forgiving myself, forgiving others 85
Introduction 85
(A) God’s final victory over evil 88
(B) Forgiveness in the present 95
(C) Conclusion 108
Notes 110
Subject index 111
Biblical books discussed 117
Over de auteur
N.T. Wright is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews. He has written over forty books, including the monumental Jesus and the Victory of God (1996) and The Resurrection of the Son of God (2003). He is also the author of the popular ‘For Everyone’ guides to the New Testament and the best-selling Simply Christian, Surprised by Hope, Virtue Reborn, Simply Jesus and How God Became King (all published by SPCK).
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