{"product_id":"the-hardest-problem-god-evil-and-suffering-9781399802710","title":"The Hardest Problem: God, Evil and Suffering","description":"To many, the problem of evil and suffering constitutes by far the most serious objection to mainstream religious belief. For all its starkness and salience, though, the dilemma is also widely misinterpreted. That visceral feelings often dominate discussion is understandable on one level. But this can displace the clearer-headed thinking needed to shed greater light on the subject. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this brief but broad-ranging book, Rupert Shortt shows that belief in a divine Creator is much more coherent intellectually than many sceptics suppose. Basic misconceptions about core aspects of Judaism, Christianity and Islam can in turn spawn still greater caricatures of subjects including divine power. Having cleared the ground, Shortt goes on to discuss the nature of evil from a classical Abrahamic standpoint and how Christian resources in particular offer guidance in an area where raw emotion, conceptual thought and the deepest trials of the spirit overlap. If the dilemma has no clear solution, that need not discredit sensitive and creative ways of grappling with it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hardest Problem \u003c\/i\u003eis an accessible contemporary reflection on the perennial question of human suffering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hodder Faith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399802710\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144","brand":"Rupert Shortt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42917119787189,"sku":"9781399802710","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_f4447fb3-b885-4097-b28a-6f85c6ba2c9d.jpg?v=1687278035","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-hardest-problem-god-evil-and-suffering-9781399802710","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}