Wrestling with Existence: Pondering Suffering and Grace in "Lila"
How does belief in God withstand the assault of life's sorrows? If God exists, why does existence itself seem to speak against divine benevolence and omnipotence? While these questions animate theological and philosophical discourse on the problem of evil, they also appear in other contexts, pa...
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Year: 2017, Volume: 33, Issue: 2, Pages: 207-217 |
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