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  • Paperback: 388 pages
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Revised edition edition (28 Nov 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0230522009
  • ISBN-13: 978-0230522008
  • Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.7 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 97,616 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Praise for the first edition:
"A masterly book which is bound to become a standard work."--Ian Ramsey, "View Review"
"The most exciting work of its kind that I have read for several years."--John Raymond, "Sunday Times"
"A major contribution to the discussion of theodicy."--"Times Literary Supplement"
"The most satisfying book I have read on the reconciliation of the enormous fact of evil with our Christian belief in the enormous love and power of God."--T.E. Jessop, "Methodist Recorder"
"Deep learning, clear thought, and a profoundly Christian mind...a really important book."--"Church Times"
"I do not know of any contemporary work which deals with [the problem of evil] either so thoroughly or so profoundly."--Hugo Meynell, "Catholic Herald"
"A very important book, admirable for both its courage and its clarity."--E.L. Mascall, "Clergy Review"
"The most considerable [book] on the problem of evil to appear in English for a generation."--W.D. Hudson, "Theology"

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When first published, "Evil and the God of Love" instantly became recognized as a modern theological classic, widely viewed as the most important work on the problem of evil to appear in English for more than a generation. It has continued to be at the centre of discussions ever since. Alongside a new preface by the author, this reissue of the work includes a foreword by Marilyn McCord Adams.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An urgent subject, 17 Feb 2002
By MWin (Stockholm, Sweden) - See all my reviews
This book is 400 pages and is a well-written survey over Western theodicies (i.e. defense of God's goodness and omnipotence in view of the existence of evil) since the time of Socrates until the twentieth century. Especially the Augustinian concept of 'privatio boni' (the illusory existence of evil) is thoroughly criticised. Hick is brave enough to propose a theodicy of his own. He draws largely upon Irenaeus (c.120 to 140-c.200 to 203) who proposed a different solution than the Augustinian. Irenaeus suggested that man's condition in Paradise was a childish wholeness rather than a perfect wholeness. Instead, inside man resides the image of God whom humans try to manifest during their lives. So Irenaeus view of man is more positive than the traditional Christian which argues that man, after the fall, is a mere sinful and helpless being, bowing down to a perfectly good and very remote God. In Irenaeus view, there remains the possibility of man restituting paradisal wholeness again by striving to manifest that inner image of God. In this view, man is closer to God and, surprisingly, it tallies finely with our modern psychological and anthropological worldview. I think it's good to hear that, within Christian theology, there exists alternatives to the boring harping on man's miserable condition. Man's condition after the fall is still meaningful since we strive to attain paradisal wholeness again, although not a childish and naive wholeness like before.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The classic., 19 May 2009
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Compulsory reading for anyone interested in the questions of suffering and theodicy. A staple in the repertoire by one of Britain's great living philosopher-theologians.
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