Jacob H Friesenhahn

The Trinity and Theodicy

The Trinitarian Theology of von Balthasar and the Problem of Evil

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Produktbeschreibung

Why does God permit the great suffering and evil that we see in our world? This book explores this question in the context of the mystery of the Trinity. God's permission of evil and the way in which suffering can lead human persons into the life of the Trinity are discussed in dialogue with Hans Urs von Balthasar. In the light of Balthasar's model of the Trinity as divine self-giving love, we gain a profound grasp of the nature of suffering in human life by placing our suffering in the context of the divine life of the Triune God.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781409408017
• ISBN-10: 1409408019
• Artikelnr.: 44972174

Autorenporträt

Jacob H. Friesenhahn is the Chair of the Religious Studies Department at TMI - The Episcopal School of Texas. He has also taught at the University of Dallas and Holy Trinity Seminary. He holds a Ph.D. in systematic theology from the Graduate Program in Religious Studies at Southern Methodist University.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Part I The Problem of Evil: Introduction to the problem of evil
The challenge of evil in analytic philosophy
Responses to the problem of evil in analytic philosophy. Part II A Trinitarian Theodicy: The Bible and theodicy
Hans Urs von Balthasar's theology of the Trinity
The Trinity and theodicy
Glossary
Bibliography
Index.