Theodicy of Love

Cosmic Conflict and the Problem of Evil

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Pub Date Nov 06 2018 | Archive Date Dec 07 2018
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If God is all powerful and entirely good and loving, why is there so much evil in the world? Based on a close canonical reading of Scripture, this book offers a new approach to the challenge of reconciling the Christian confession of a loving God with the realities of suffering and evil. John Peckham offers a constructive proposal for a theodicy of love that upholds both the sovereignty of God and human freedom, showing that Scripture points toward a framework for thinking about God's love in relation to the world.

If God is all powerful and entirely good and loving, why is there so much evil in the world? Based on a close canonical reading of Scripture, this book offers a new approach to the challenge of...

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ISBN 9781540960269
PRICE $30.00 (USD)
PAGES 224

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John C. Peckham’s, “Theodicy of Love,” is an incredible book on theodicy that is both down-to-earth, yet deeply philosophical, theological, biblical, and engaging. While I am not in full agreement with where he fully ends up (a loving God amidst celestial beings such as angels and demons who can stop evil but chooses not to, due primarily because of covenantal rules of engagement, as opposed to Thomas Oord’s view of essential kenosis, which states God can’t unilaterally stop evil due to His uncontrolling, loving nature), I am fully on board with his emphasis on God as love and creaturely free will necessary for love. At the end of the day, Peckham’s book is a must read on the topic of God’s relation to suffering and evil in the world. I highly recommend it!

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