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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 231.8
EAN: 9780060652968
ISBN: 0060652969
Label: HarperOne
Manufacturer: HarperOne
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 176
Publication Date: 2001-02
Publisher: HarperOne
Release Date: February 06, 2001
Sales Rank: 6508
Studio: HarperOne
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Rating:  - c.s. lewis is a classic
This book is amazing and it's very insightful. C.S. Lewis is very honest in this book and states clearly his view on pain. I truly enjoyed this book and recommend anything written by him.
Rating: - The Probelm of Pain
This is an awesome book. I cant say anymore about it or I would take away from it. If you are struggling to understand why a loving God would allow pain and suffering, then you need to read this book.
Rating:  - Problem Addressed Amiably - But Solved?
On a recent trip from Europe to Australia, I re-read "The Problem of Pain" and was - as several years before - once again pulled in by Lewis' exquisite prose.
He starts off with a bang by describing how he used to see the world when he was an atheist, painting a bleak picture of the kind of universe we live in.
Most of it is empty space, he says, dark and cold. The heavenly bodies are really no more than a little dust in this great emptiness. Even if every speck of this ... Read More
Rating: - Of Human Suffering
The question or 'problem' that C.S. Lewis sets out to answer in "The Problem of Pain" is one that has confounded believers and non-believers alike: if God is good and loves his creation, why does he allow such pain and suffering to exist? How can that be good and exist within his creation? While Lewis' ponderings may not seem like straightforward answers to those questions, he paints a picture of a God revealed through his creation where even pain and evil can exist.
C.S. Lewis is ... Read More
Rating: - Pain: A Spiritual Journey
Punctuated with a thin veil of lyricism and argued from a Christian perspective, C. S. Lewis does not only explore the psychological ramifications of experiencing pain (suffering) but also provides an intellectual discussion geared at reconciling theological tenets about the relationship between God as the essence of love and individuals stricken by sorrow. His views are very theoretical since the book was written many years before his beloved wife died. However, the book raises interesting questions ... Read More
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