Demystifying Evil : A Biblical and Personal Exploration

Faro, Ingrid/ Gingrich, Heather Davediuk (FRW)

IVP Academic（2023/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 256 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781514004937
• DDC分類 241

Full Description

The evil that afflicts our lives often leaves us confused and directionless, wounded and powerless. How should we respond to evil's power to assault us? How can we understand God's work in a world that seems all too often to be permeated with evil?
Narrating her own wrestling with evil as well as engaging in biblical and philosophical analysis, biblical scholar Ingrid Faro explores the many dimensions to evil. Soberly honest, biblically engaged, and theologically nuanced, Demystifying Evil examines the power of evil to disrupt and fragment our lives and tempt us to collude with it.
But evil does not have the last word. Faro takes us on a journey into the book of Genesis, the Ancient Near East culture, the cross, and her own story of suffering to engage the undoing of evil.

Contents

Acknowledgements



Part 1: Wrestling with Evil


1. Entering the Conflict

2. Distinguishing Between Evil, Suffering, and Pain, and the Ambiguity of Evil

3. Defining Evil—Biblically



Part 2: Natural Causes: Cosmic Seed and Natural Evil


4. Action-Consequence and the Cosmic Seed

5. Nature: Are All Natural Forces Natural?



Part 3: Human Causes: Surprising Ways We Participate in Evil and Good


6. Human Need and Desire: The Misuse of Intended Good

7. Self-Sufficiency: The Root of Pride and Insecurity

8. Human Responsibility and Authority

9. Human Freedom and the Path to Restore the World



Part 4: Unseen Causes: Spiritual Forces at Work


10. Malevolent Forces and the Rise of the Satan

11. Demons, Angels, and Other Spiritual Entities

12. The Divine Council and the Rules of Engagement



Part 5: God at Work


13. The Power of Mercy and Grace

14. The Costly Work of Forgiveness

15. For Those Who Mourn: Turning Ashes into Beauty



Bibliography

General Index

Scripture Index