Out of the Whirlwind: Innocent Pain as a Challenge to God

A challenging and thoughtful reflection about the question of how a merciful God can allow evil.

Inspired by the Book of Job, Out of the Whirlwind is a reflection on the challenge posed to the existence of a good and powerful God by the issue of innocent suffering. It takes the form of the author's reflections as he sits in a children's ward by the bedside of his disabled son, who is dangerously ill and may be about to die. The reflections include personal reminiscence, a consideration of some traditional theodicies along with objections to them, and a couple of dream sequences, at the end of which, like Job himself in the biblical tale, the narrator receives God's answer "out of the whirlwind".

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Sacristy Press
Published: 12/01/2019
ISBN: 9781789590678
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.00w x 0.23d