Making Sense Out of Suffering
This book is for anyone who has ever wept and wondered, "Why?" Peter Kreeft observes that our world is full of billions of normal lives that have been touched by apparently pointless and random suffering. This account of a real and honest personal quest is both engaging and convincing. Written from a deep well of wisdom derived from experience and careful observation, Maki...more
Paperback, 184 pages
Published
July 1st 1986
by Servant Books/St. Anthony Messenger Press
(first published May 1986)
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It was a great philosophical book about why suffering exists. The author is quirky, adding sections of dialogue periodically throughout the book, and bringing refreshing language and a new framework in which to think about suffering. He draws on C.S. Lewis, Buddha, as well as other writers/philosophers. It was so encouraging to see how clearly he points to Jesus, and how he ties it all together in a logical manner. While acknowledging that all cannot be understood logically, he shows that we can...more
Kreeft, like C.S. Lewis (whom he quotes extensively), is a master of the clear, fresh metaphor which illustrates and elucidates abstract concepts of philosophy and theology. He takes very seriously the question of why we suffer, and the various historic answers. His carefully and slowly built case for his own answer deserves a slow and attentive reading.
Peter Kreeft is a pleasure to read. He has been inspired by some of the greatest writer that our modern times have known (G. K. Chesterton & C. S. Lewis), and after reading this book one is tempted to place his name among them. In this book Kreeft explores the only actual argument that Atheism has brought against Christianity - the problem of Evil. Kreeft points out throughout this book that evil (in any form) is not a problem for Christianity, rather for Christians, who believe that God is...more
Read for Contemporary Christian Belief. First half is actually pretty good. It went downhill after he claimed that Abraham was the first Jew (though the idea is correct, technically Abraham was the father of the Hebrew people. This isn't a problem in terms of what was being said, I just noticed that shortly after that I felt that the book went downhill.).
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Peter Kreeft is a Catholic apologist, professor of philosophy at Boston College and The King's College, and author of over 45 books including
Fundamentals of the Faith
,
Everything you Ever Wanted to Know about Heaven
, and
Back to Virtue
. Some consider him the best Catholic philosopher currently residing in the United States. His ideas draw heavily from religious and philosophical tradition, esp...more
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