Evil and the Justice of God - Hardcover

Wright, N. T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0830833986 ISBN 13: 9780830833986

Publisher: IVP Books, 2006

Synopsis

Merit Award, 2007 Christianity Today Theology/Ethics Book With every earthquake and war, understanding the nature of evil and our response to it becomes more urgent. Evil is no longer the concern just of ministers and theologians but also of politicians and the media. We hear of child abuse, ethnic cleansing, AIDS, torture and terrorism, and rightfully we are shocked. But, N. T. Wright says, we should not be surprised. For too long we have naively believed in the modern idea of human progress. In contrast, postmodern thinkers have rightly argued that evil is real, powerful and important, but they give no real clue as to what we should do about it. In fact, evil is more serious than either our culture or our theology has supposed. How then might Jesus' death be the culmination of the Old Testament solution to evil but on a wider and deeper scale than most imagine? Can we possibly envision a world in which we are delivered from evil? How might we work toward such a future through prayer and justice in the present? These are the powerful and pressing themes that N. T. Wright addresses in this book that is at once timely and timeless.

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Features & Benefits

* Comes to grips with the reality of evil in the world

* Does not minimize pain, suffering or wrongdoing

* Looks at modern views of evil, what they have to contribute and where they fall short

* Considers the biblical story through the whole of the Old and New Testaments

* Offers tangible ways forward that we can respond to evil and work toward defeating it

About the Author

N.T. Wright is Bishop of Durham and was formerly Canon Theologian of Westminster Abbey and dean of Lichfield Cathedral. He taught New Testament studies for twenty years at Cambridge, McGill and Oxford Universities. Wright's full-scale works The New Testament and the People of God, Jesus and the Victory of God, and The Resurrection of the Son of God are part of a projected six-volume series entitled Christian Origins and the Question of God. Among his many other published works are The Original Jesus, What Saint Paul Really Said and The Climax of the Covenant. He is also coauthor with Marcus Borg of The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions and the volume on Colossians and Philemon in The Tyndale New Testament Commentary series.

Edition details

• Publisher: IVP Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0830833986
• ISBN 13: 9780830833986
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176