{"product_id":"hardest-problem","title":"Hardest Problem","description":"To many,\u003cwbr\u003e the problem of evil and suffering constitutes by far the most serious objection to mainstream religious belief. For all its starkness and salience,\u003cwbr\u003e though,\u003cwbr\u003e the dilemma is also widely misinterpreted. That visceral feelings often dominate discussion is understandable on one level. But this can displace the clearer-headed thinking needed to shed greater light on the subject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this brief but broad-ranging book,\u003cwbr\u003e Rupert Shortt shows that belief in a divine Creator is much more coherent intellectually than many sceptics suppose. Basic misconceptions about core aspects of Judaism,\u003cwbr\u003e Christianity and Islam can in turn spawn still greater caricatures of subjects including divine power. Having cleared the ground,\u003cwbr\u003e Shortt goes on to discuss the nature of evil from a classical Abrahamic standpoint and how Christian resources in particular offer guidance in an area where raw emotion,\u003cwbr\u003e conceptual thought and the deepest trials of the spirit overlap. If the dilemma has no clear solution,\u003cwbr\u003e that need not discredit sensitive and creative ways of grappling with it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hardest Problem \u003c\/i\u003eis an accessible contemporary reflection on the perennial question of human suffering.\u003c\/wbr\u003e\u003c\/wbr\u003e\u003c\/wbr\u003e\u003c\/wbr\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57394274500990,"sku":"NW9781399802727","price":14.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781399802727.jpg?v=1778679020","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/hardest-problem","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}