Theodicy Books
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The Problem of Pain (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.13 — 72,619 ratings — published 1940
Evil and the Justice of God (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,341 ratings — published 2006
The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami? (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,316 ratings — published 2005
A Grief Observed (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.22 — 94,510 ratings — published 1961
Walking with God through Pain and Suffering (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.48 — 6,278 ratings — published 2013
Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as theodicy)
avg rating 3.76 — 299,266 ratings — published 1759
Satan and the Problem of Evil: Constructing a Trinitarian Warfare Theodicy (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.14 — 229 ratings — published 2001
How Long, O Lord?: Reflections on Suffering and Evil (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,149 ratings — published 1991
When Bad Things Happen to Good People (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.02 — 19,976 ratings — published 1981
Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as theodicy)
avg rating 3.87 — 91 ratings — published 1999
God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question - Why We Suffer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as theodicy)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,962 ratings — published 2008
Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as theodicy)
avg rating 3.80 — 52,852 ratings — published 2018
Is God to Blame? Moving Beyond Pat Answers to the Problem of Suffering (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.19 — 510 ratings — published 2003
Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.62 — 6,611 ratings — published 2021
God, Freedom, and Evil (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,081 ratings — published 1973
Raging with Compassion: Pastoral Responses to the Problem of Evil (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.22 — 200 ratings — published 2007
Tragic Vision and Divine Compassion: A Contemporary Theodicy (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.21 — 52 ratings — published 1990
Disappointment with God (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.19 — 7,137 ratings — published 1988
Encountering Evil, A New Edition: Live Options in Theodicy (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as theodicy)
avg rating 3.60 — 78 ratings — published 1981
Theodicy of Love: Cosmic Conflict and the Problem of Evil (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.71 — 141 ratings — published
God and the Problem of Evil: Five Views (Spectrum Multiview Book Series)
by (shelved 3 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.07 — 71 ratings — published
Satan and the Problem of Evil: From the Bible to the Early Church Fathers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as theodicy)
avg rating 3.64 — 59 ratings — published
God and Human Suffering: An Exercise in the Theology of the Cross (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.15 — 125 ratings — published 1986
What about Evil?: A Defense of God's Sovereign Glory (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.69 — 147 ratings — published
Embodied Hope: A Theological Meditation on Pain and Suffering (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.36 — 539 ratings — published
Silence (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.09 — 38,806 ratings — published 1966
Evil and the Cross: An Analytical Look at the Problem of Pain (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.14 — 64 ratings — published 1994
Making Sense Out of Suffering (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.28 — 776 ratings — published 1986
Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.04 — 540 ratings — published 2002
The Many Faces of Evil: Theological Systems and the Problems of Evil (Revised and Expanded Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as theodicy)
avg rating 3.96 — 113 ratings — published 1994
Where Is God When It Hurts? (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.21 — 13,903 ratings — published 1977
God at War: The Bible & Spiritual Conflict (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.23 — 451 ratings — published 1997
Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,352,331 ratings — published 1956
On Job: God-Talk and the Suffering of the Innocent (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.26 — 501 ratings — published 1986
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as theodicy)
avg rating 3.79 — 38,309 ratings — published 1927
Lament for a Son (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.51 — 2,639 ratings — published 1987
Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.41 — 8,550 ratings — published 1988
Surprised by Suffering: The Role of Pain and Death in The Christian Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.20 — 684 ratings — published 1989
The End of Christianity: Finding a Good God in an Evil World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as theodicy)
avg rating 3.84 — 193 ratings — published 2009
The Shack: Where Tragedy Confronts Eternity (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as theodicy)
avg rating 3.84 — 688,972 ratings — published 2007
Why Does God Allow Evil? Compelling Answers for Life’s Toughest Questions (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.46 — 338 ratings — published
Why Is There Evil in the World (and So Much of It?) (The Big Ten)
by (shelved 2 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.34 — 58 ratings — published
The Pillar and Ground of the Truth: An Essay in Orthodox Theodicy in Twelve Letters (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.54 — 83 ratings — published 1914
The Triumph of God over Evil: Theodicy for a World of Suffering (Strategic Initiatives in Evangelical Theology)
by (shelved 2 times as theodicy)
avg rating 3.38 — 26 ratings — published 2008
The Brothers Karamazov (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.39 — 381,603 ratings — published 1880
The Great Divorce (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.32 — 180,382 ratings — published 1946
Thomas Merton - Evil and Why We Suffer: From Purified Soul Theodicy to Zen (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.50 — 4 ratings — published
Suffering is Never for Nothing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.67 — 7,463 ratings — published 2019
This Beautiful Truth: How God's Goodness Breaks into Our Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as theodicy)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,937 ratings — published
Four Views on Divine Providence (Counterpoints: Bible and Theology)
by (shelved 2 times as theodicy)
avg rating 3.80 — 236 ratings — published 2011
“I don’t want harmony. . . . I’d rather remain with my unrequited suffering and my unrequited indignation, even if I am wrong. Besides, they have put too high a price on harmony; we can’t afford to pay so much for admission. . .”
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“In ridiculing a pathetic human fallacy, which seeks explanation where none need be sought and which multiplies unnecessary assumptions, one should not mimic primitive ontology in order to challenge it. Better to dispose of the needless assumption altogether. This holds true for everything from Noah's flood to the Holocaust.”
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