Yet another fantastic book by Wright, clearly explaining a very difficult and challenging topic.

Wright provides a theologian's look at the question of the problem of evil. He begins by demonstrating the modern aversion to the question and the implications of that aversion when evil strikes. As he moves on to explain the issue of evil in the Old and New Testaments, he quite candidly admits that there is no ability to answer the question of the ultimate source of evil, and shows how the Bible also is not interested in that question. Instead, the Bible explains what God does about evil-- first, the promise embodied in Abraham and the chosen people, and ultimately, how God defeats evil through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Wright goes on to speak about how Christians are to live, heralding the Kingdom and its values, his inaugurated eschatology view expressed in other works, and specifically how it relates to the problem of evil. Believers are to work to defeat evil wherever it may express itself, both personally and corporately. Wright concludes by demonstrating how God ultimately resolves the problem of evil through forgiveness, explains what forgiveness is and is not, and therefore why Christians must be forgiving people if they are to live out the values of the new creation.

An indispensable work for handling this very challenging issue. ( )

"The philosophical tendency for at least the past three centuries has been to assume that the human estimation of God is more significant than the divine estimation of humanity."
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