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Demystifying Evil
A Biblical and Personal Exploration
26,94 € |
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Verlag: | IVP Academic |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 05.12.2023 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9781514004944 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 256 |
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Beschreibungen
The evil that afflicts our lives often leaves us confused and directionless, wounded and powerless. How should we respond to evil's power to assault us? How can we understand God's work in a world that seems all too often to be permeated with evil?
Narrating her own wrestling with evil as well as engaging in biblical and philosophical analysis, biblical scholar Ingrid Faro explores the many dimensions to evil. Soberly honest, biblically engaged, and theologically nuanced, Demystifying Evil examines the power of evil to disrupt and fragment our lives and tempt us to collude with it.
But evil does not have the last word. Faro takes us on a journey into the book of Genesis, the Ancient Near East culture, the cross, and her own story of suffering to engage the undoing of evil.
Narrating her own wrestling with evil as well as engaging in biblical and philosophical analysis, biblical scholar Ingrid Faro explores the many dimensions to evil. Soberly honest, biblically engaged, and theologically nuanced, Demystifying Evil examines the power of evil to disrupt and fragment our lives and tempt us to collude with it.
But evil does not have the last word. Faro takes us on a journey into the book of Genesis, the Ancient Near East culture, the cross, and her own story of suffering to engage the undoing of evil.
<p>Foreword by Heather Davediuk Gingrich<br />
Acknowledgements<br /><b>Part 1: Wrestling with Evil</b><br />
1. Entering the Conflict<br />
2. Distinguishing Between Evil, Suffering, and Pain and the Ambiguity of Evil<br />
3. Defining Evil—Biblically<br /><b>Part 2: Natural Causes: Cosmic Seed and Natural Evil</b><br />
4. Action-Consequence and the Cosmic Seed<br />
5. Nature: Are All Natural Forces Natural? <br /><b>Part 3: Human Causes: Surprising Ways We Participate in Evil and Good</b><br />
6. Human Need and Desire: The Misuse of Intended Good<br />
7. Self-Sufficiency: The Root of Pride and Insecurity<br />
8. Human Responsibility and Authority<br />
9. Human Freedom and the Path to Restore the World<br /><b>Part 4: Unseen Causes: Spiritual Forces at Work</b><br />
10. Malevolent Forces and the Rise of the Satan<br />
11. Demons, Angels, and Other Spiritual Entities<br />
12. The Divine Council and the "Rules of Engagement"<br /><b>Part 5: God at Work</b><br />
13. The Power of Mercy and Grace<br />
14. The Costly Work of Forgiveness<br />
15. For Those Who Mourn: Turning Ashes into Beauty<br />
Bibliography<br />
General Index<br />
Scripture Index</p>
Acknowledgements<br /><b>Part 1: Wrestling with Evil</b><br />
1. Entering the Conflict<br />
2. Distinguishing Between Evil, Suffering, and Pain and the Ambiguity of Evil<br />
3. Defining Evil—Biblically<br /><b>Part 2: Natural Causes: Cosmic Seed and Natural Evil</b><br />
4. Action-Consequence and the Cosmic Seed<br />
5. Nature: Are All Natural Forces Natural? <br /><b>Part 3: Human Causes: Surprising Ways We Participate in Evil and Good</b><br />
6. Human Need and Desire: The Misuse of Intended Good<br />
7. Self-Sufficiency: The Root of Pride and Insecurity<br />
8. Human Responsibility and Authority<br />
9. Human Freedom and the Path to Restore the World<br /><b>Part 4: Unseen Causes: Spiritual Forces at Work</b><br />
10. Malevolent Forces and the Rise of the Satan<br />
11. Demons, Angels, and Other Spiritual Entities<br />
12. The Divine Council and the "Rules of Engagement"<br /><b>Part 5: God at Work</b><br />
13. The Power of Mercy and Grace<br />
14. The Costly Work of Forgiveness<br />
15. For Those Who Mourn: Turning Ashes into Beauty<br />
Bibliography<br />
General Index<br />
Scripture Index</p>
Ingrid Faro (PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is coordinator of the MA in Old Testament program and visiting professor at Northern Seminary in Lisle, Illinois. She previously served as dean of academic affairs at Northern Seminary, dean of theology at the Scandinavian School of Theology, and director of masters programs at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. She is the author of Evil in Genesis and coauthor of Honest Answers. Additionally, she serves on the editorial board of the Bulletin for Biblical Research. She speaks and preaches internationally and lives just outside Chicago, Illinois.