Satan and the Problem of Evil

by Boyd, Gregory A.

• ISBN13: 9780830815500
• ISBN10: 0830815503
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781514015100
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Ivp Academic

Summary

Where does evil come from?If there is a sovereign creator God, as Christian faith holds, is this God ultimately responsible for evil?Does God's sovereignty mean that God causes each instance of sin and suffering?How do Satan, his demons and hell fit into God's providential oversight of all creation and history?How does God interact with human intention and action?If people act freely, does God know in particular every human decision before the choice is made?In this important book Gregory A. Boyd mounts a thorough response to these ages-old questions, which remain both crucial and contentious, both practical and complex.In this work Boyd defends his scripturally grounded trinitarian warfare theodicy (presented inGod at War) with rigorous philosophical reflection and insights from human experience and scientific discovery. Critiquing the classical Calvinist solution to the problem of evil, he advocates an alternative understanding of the sovereignty of the trinitarian God and of the reality of Satan that sheds light on our fallen human condition. While all may not agree with Boyd's conclusions,Satan and the Problem of Evilpromises to advance the church's discussion of these critical issues.

Table of Contents

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Introduction

The World at War: The Warfare Worldview of the Bible & the Early Church

The Free Fall: Free Will & the Origin of Evil

A Risky Creation: Divine Foreknowledge & the Trinitarian Warfare Worldview

A Question of Balance: Issues Surrounding the Foreknowledge of God & the Openness of the Future

Love and War: Risk & the Sovereignty of God

No Turning Back: The Irrevocability & the Finitude of Freedom

Praying in the Whirlwind: Miracles, Prayer & the Arbitrariness of Life

"Red in Tooth and Claw": Perspectives on the Origin of Natural Evil, Part

When Nature Becomes a Weapon: Perspectives on the Origin of Natural Evil, Part 2

This an Enemy Has Done: "Natural" Evil & the Trinitarian Warfare Theodicy

A Clash of Doctrines: Eternal Suffering & Annihilationism

A Separate Reality: Hell, das Nichtige & the Victory of God

Remaining Objections

Four Philosophical Arguments for the Incompatibility of EDF & Self-Determining Free Will

On Incomplete Probationary Periods

A Theology of Chance

Explanations of Texts Used to Support Compatibilism

Glossary

Bibliography

Author/Subject Index

Scripture Index

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