Providence and the Problem of Evil
- ISBN-10
- 0198237995
- ISBN-13
- 9780198237990
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 263
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Richard Swinburne
Description
Why does a loving God allow humans to suffer so much? This is one of the most difficult problems of religious belief. The author of this text, the third in a tetralogy, examines this problem, and offers his interpretation of the problem.
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