The Beauty and the Horror - Searching For God In A Suffering World

Explores how we can believe in a just and loving God in the face of all the evils of the world in which we have evolved. Argues that belief in the resurrection and hope in the face of death is fundamental to faith and that we must all protest against the world as it is.

About the author

Richard Harries is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Honorary Professor of Theology at King’s College, London. On his retirement as Bishop of Oxford (1987-2006) he was made a life peer (Lord Harries of Pentregarth). He is the author of many critically acclaimed books, including Hearing God in Poetry (SPCK, 2021), Seeing God in Art (SPCK, 2022) and his moving autobiography The Shaping of a Soul: a life taken by surprise (John Hunt 2023). Art and the Beauty of God (Continuum, 1993) was selected as book of the year by Anthony Burgess in The Observer. A much loved voice on BBC’s Today programme, he has contributed to ‘Thought for the Day’ for more than 50 years.

Summary

Life is at once wonderful and appalling, beautiful and horrific. How can we live with this contradiction? And how can we believe in a just and loving God in the face of all the evils of the world in which we have evolved?

Product details

• Authors: Richard Harries, Rt Revd Lord Richard Harries
• Publisher: O'Reilly
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.10.2016
• EAN: 9780281076932
• ISBN: 978-0-281-07693-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Weight: 560 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Spirituality, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Religious issues & debates, Philosophy of religion, Christian spirituality & religious experience, Spirituality and religious experience, Religious issues and debates