Theodicy of Love: Cosmic Conflict and the Problem of Evil

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.

John C. Peckham (PhD, Andrews University) is J. N. Andrews Professor of Systematic Theology and Philosophy at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. His numerous books include Why We Pray (a Christianity Today Book Award Finalist), Divine Attributes, Theodicy of Love (a WORLD magazine Book of the Year, honorable mention), and The Love of God: A Canonical Model (a Readers' Choice Award winner). He received educator of the year awards in 2012 (Southwestern Adventist University) and 2016 (Andrews) for his teaching and scholarship.