Science, Spirituality and the Problem of Evil

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• Rupert Shortt, The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion
• Tuesday 07 February 2023, 13:00-14:00
• Healey Room, Westminster College.

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Our Lent research seminar series, 2023 will be hosted online and in-person – please register for free attendance. A sandwich lunch will be provided from 12:30. The location is Healey Room, Westminster College, Madingley Road, Cambridge.

How can a supposedly all-powerful and all-loving God permit evil and suffering on a grand scale?

The question has assailed people across cultures at least as far back as the biblical Book of Job. To sceptics, it forms clinching evidence that all talk of providence is childish — or even a dangerous delusion. Writing clearly and concisely but avoiding simplistic answers, Rupert Shortt argues that belief in a divine Creator is intellectually robust, despite apparent signs to the contrary. Having cleared the ground, he goes on to show how a Christian understanding, in particular, points the way forward through terrain where raw feeling, intellectual inquiry and the toughest trials of the spirit often overlap.

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