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An Evangelical Discourse on God and Suffering

  • 176 pages
  • Publisher: Blessed Hope Publishing
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.1 cm

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For serious students of evangelical theology.

Analyses arguments regarding God and the future.

Helps you navigate difficult questions of faith.

A critical examination of theodicy and open theism, exploring how we understand God in the presence of suffering.

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This book makes a contribution to the discourse on the theodicy problem by examining the position adopted by Gregory Boyd known as open theism. Boyd would argue that an open view of God is in a better position to deal with the problem of evil because the traditional understanding of God's attributes fails to vindicate God of guilt or responsibility for evil and should, therefore, be abandoned in favour of the attractive openness model. Boyd claims that God cannot be held responsible for evil and suffering because the future cannot be known to God. He articulates this perspective from the process thought position that the future is not a reality therefore, cannot be known. Thus, God took a risk when he/she created human being with free will because any free will future actions and thoughts cannot be known by God. God is therefore surprised by the actions and sufferings of human being and therefore has to change his/her plans to meet with the free will actions of human beings. Boyd in articulating his open theism theodicy does so by reconstructing the classical understanding of the attributes of God namely: God's omniscience, immutability, and omnipotence.

  • Title

    An Evangelical Discourse on God and Suffering

  • Author

    Godfrey Harold

  • Publisher

    Blessed Hope Publishing

  • Published

    March 2026

  • Weight

    246g

  • Page Count

    176

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9786209739279

  • ISBN-10

    620973927X

  • Eden Code

    7457688