Who Rules the World: Divine Providence and the Existence of Evil

by Hans Schwarz

Publisher:

Fortress Press

, 2021

Overview

Over a career spanning more than fifty years, Hans Schwarz has grappled with nearly all of Christianity's major theological questions. In this latest volume, Schwarz tackles the perennial problem of evil. How is it possible to reconcile the manifest evil and pain in the world with the biblical promise of hope and redemption? Are we, in fact, “lonely wanderers in the immensity of the universe about whom nobody cares,” or is there something above and beyond us in which we can trust?

To this perennial question Schwarz brings his signature blend of pastoral sensitivity and scholarly acumen. Informed by decades in the classroom, Schwarz offers a sweeping survey of views of the problem of evil, beginning with the world’s major religious traditions before focusing on the major views across the broad span of Christian history.

The book aims to help readers interested in the problem of evil understand the broad sweep of human thought about the problem, and make informed assessments of the issue for themselves.

Key Features

• Explores the problem of evil in the world
• Examines how various tradition and religions view evil
• Seeks to aid readers in their own reflections concerning evil, so they can then generate their own views on it

Contents

• Good and Evil in the History of Religions
• Evil in Judeo-Christian Scriptures
• The Early Church
• Middle Ages and the Reformation Period
• The Enlightenment
• The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
• The Present Situation
• The God Who Cares
• Under God’s Guidance

Product Details

• Title: Who Rules the World: Divine Providence and the Existence of Evil
• Author: Hans Schwarz
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Print Publication Date: 2021
• Pages: 210
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Resource ID: LLS:WHRLSWRLXSTNCVL
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2021-03-18T19:15:23Z

About Hans Schwarz

Hans Schwarz (DrTheol, Erlangen University), one of the major Lutheran theologians of the last half-century, is the author or editor of more than fifty books, including a critically acclaimed series of texts in systematic theology. He is professor emeritus of systematic theology and contemporary theological issues at the University of Regensburg and previously taught at Trinity Lutheran Seminary in Ohio. He is ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche in Bayern.