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Suffering and the search for meaning : contemporary responses to the problem of pain / Richard Rice.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Downers Grove, IL : InterVarsity Press, 2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780830880201
  • 0830880208
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Suffering and the search for meaningDDC classification:
  • 231/.8 23
LOC classification:
  • BT732.7 .R525 2014eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Ch1 My God, Why?; Ch2 God Never Makes Mistakes; Ch 3 Let Freedom Ring; Ch 4 No Pain, No Gain; Ch 5 An Enemy Hath Done This; Ch6 Love Makes the World Go Round; Ch7 Even God Can't Do Everything; Ch8 Rage Against the Dying of the Light; Ch9 Fragments of Meaning; Name and Subject Index; Scripture Index; Praise for; About the Author; More Titles from InterVarsity Press; Textbook Selector.
Summary: Suffering is a philosophical problem, but it is much more. It is deeply personal. Why is this happening to me? How can I respond to friends and family in pain and loss, and to people in my care? Richard Rice guides readers through the seven most significant theodicies-approaches that have been used to make sense of suffering in light of God's justice or control. He considers the strengths and weaknesses of each option, while always guiding us toward greater understanding and compassion. Rice goes further by offering guidelines for constructing a personal framework for dealing practica.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Print version record.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Ch1 My God, Why?; Ch2 God Never Makes Mistakes; Ch 3 Let Freedom Ring; Ch 4 No Pain, No Gain; Ch 5 An Enemy Hath Done This; Ch6 Love Makes the World Go Round; Ch7 Even God Can't Do Everything; Ch8 Rage Against the Dying of the Light; Ch9 Fragments of Meaning; Name and Subject Index; Scripture Index; Praise for; About the Author; More Titles from InterVarsity Press; Textbook Selector.

Suffering is a philosophical problem, but it is much more. It is deeply personal. Why is this happening to me? How can I respond to friends and family in pain and loss, and to people in my care? Richard Rice guides readers through the seven most significant theodicies-approaches that have been used to make sense of suffering in light of God's justice or control. He considers the strengths and weaknesses of each option, while always guiding us toward greater understanding and compassion. Rice goes further by offering guidelines for constructing a personal framework for dealing practica.