Then there are the times where suffering becomes real in our lives, or for someone who we care deeply. But even for the atheist, who can only say that suffering is, there is still the profound sense of the “wrongness” of suffering and why one thinks it wrong. For the Christian or other theists, it raises the question of how we are to understand a good and powerful God allowing evil and suffering. Suffering raises profound questions for every human being. This serves both as an introduction to the subject of theodicy and provides pastoral and personal resources for responding to people in pain, including one’s own suffering. Summary: This book surveys seven different approaches to the question of why pain and suffering if there is a God. Richard Rice (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2014). Suffering and the Search for Meaning: Contemporary Responses to the Problem of Pain.
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