WANDERING IN DARKNESS by ELEONRE STUMP, Stump, Eleonore, Eleonore Stump ISBN 9780191594298, 9780199659302, 9780191056314, 9781299201866, 9780191636073, 0191594296, 1299201865, 0191056316, 019163607X instant download

WANDERING IN DARKNESS by ELEONRE STUMP, Stump, Eleonore, Eleonore Stump ISBN 9780191594298, 9780199659302, 9780191056314, 9781299201866, 9780191636073, 0191594296, 1299201865, 0191056316, 019163607X instant download

Can one hold, consistently with the common view of suffering in the world, that there is an omniscient, omnipotent, perfectly good God? This book argues that one can. Wandering in Darkness first presents the moral psychology and value theory within which one typical traditional theodicy, namely, that of Thomas Aquinas, is embedded. It explicates Aquinas's account of the good for human beings, including the nature of love and union among persons. Eleonore Stump also makes use of developments in neurobiology and developmental psychology to illuminate the nature of such union. --from publisher description Virtually no one would deny the extent and intensity of suffering in the world. Can one also consistently hold that there is an omniscient, omnipotent, perfectly good God? In Wandering in Darkness, Eleonore Stump argues that the difficult questions raised by the problem of suffering can be considered best in the context of biblical narratives. Virtually no one would deny the extent and intensity of suffering in the world. Can one also consistently hold that there is an omniscient, omnipotent, perfectly good God? This book argues that the difficult questions raised by the problem of suffering can be considered best in the context of biblical narratives Can one hold, consistently with the common view of suffering in the world, that there is an omniscient, omnipotent, perfectly good God? This book argues that one can, illustrating, in Thomas Aquinas's account, the good for human beings, including the nature of love and union among persons