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.
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Foreword by Heather Davediuk Gingrich
Acknowledgements
Part 1: Wrestling with Evil
1. Entering the Conflict
2. Distinguishing Between Evil, Suffering, and Pain and the Ambiguity of Evil
3. Defining Evil—Biblically
Part 2: Natural Causes: Cosmic Seed and Natural Evil
4. Action-Consequence and the Cosmic Seed
5. Nature: Are All Natural Forces Natural?
Part 3: Human Causes: Surprising Ways We Participate in Evil and Good
6. Human Need and Desire: The Misuse of Intended Good
7. Self-Sufficiency: The Root of Pride and Insecurity
8. Human Responsibility and Authority
9. Human Freedom and the Path to Restore the World
Part 4: Unseen Causes: Spiritual Forces at Work
10. Malevolent Forces and the Rise of the Satan
11. Demons, Angels, and Other Spiritual Entities
12. The Divine Council and the ‘Rules of Engagement’
Part 5: God at Work
13. The Power of Mercy and Grace
14. The Costly Work of Forgiveness
15. For Those Who Mourn: Turning Ashes into Beauty
Bibliography
General Index
Scripture Index
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Heather Davediuk Gingrich is a counselor, scholar, teacher, and former missionary. She is professor of counseling at Denver Seminary and maintains a small private practice working with complex trauma survivors. She is the author of Restoring the Shattered Self and coauthor of Skills for Effective Counseling.
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