{"product_id":"9781433669217","title":"The End of Christianity","description":"\u003cp\u003eTheodicy attempts to resolve how a good God and evil world can coexist. The neo-atheist view in this debate has dominated recent bestseller lists through books like \u003ci\u003eThe God Delusion \u003c\/i\u003e(Richard Dawkins), \u003ci\u003eGod Is Not Great \u003c\/i\u003e(Christopher Hitchens), and \u003ci\u003eThe End of Faith \u003c\/i\u003e(Samuel Harris). And their popularity illuminates a changing mental environment wherein people are asking harder questions about divine goodness. Surprisingly, these books please intelligent design champion William Dembski, because “They would be unnecessary if Christianity were not again a live issue.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEntering the conversation, Dembski’s provocative \u003ci\u003eThe End of Christianity \u003c\/i\u003eembraces the challenge to formulate a theodicy that is both faithful to Christian orthodoxy and credible to the new mental environment. He writes to make peace with three claims: (1) God by wisdom created the world out of nothing. (2) God exercises particular providence in the world. (3) All evil in the world ultimately traces back to human sin. In the process, Dembski brings the reader to a fresh understanding of what “the end (result) of Christianity” really means: the radical realignment of our thinking so that we see God’s goodness in creation despite the distorting effects of sin in our hearts and evil in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEndorsements:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe End of Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e towers over the others in profundity and quality . . . I have read very few books with its deep of insight, breadth of scholarly interaction, and significance. From now on, no one who is working on a Christian treatment of the problem of evil can afford to neglect this book.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—J. P. Moreland, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Biola University and author of \u003ci\u003eThe God Question\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA thought-provoking and well-worth reading book by a brilliant evangelical thinker on the perennial and puzzling problem of how to explain physical evil in the world before the Fall. I could not put it down. It has so much intellectually stimulating material in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eNorman Geisler\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Believers have badly needed the kind of compelling case for biblical theodicy provided in Dr. Dembski's new book-grounded, as it is, not in traditional philosophical arguments (often not merely obtuse but irrelevant in today's scientific climate), but in intelligent design, of which Dr. Dembski is the world's foremost academic proponent.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eJohn Warwick Montgomery\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"William Dembski is a first-rate scholar who has focused his attention on the perennial challenge to Christianity: Why does God allow such evil and cruelty in the world? While staying well within the bounds of Christian orthodoxy, Dembski offers fresh insights that can truly be described as groundbreaking. Whether you end up embracing his solution or not, \u003ci\u003eThe End of Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e is a book all Christians-and even non-Christians-need to wrestle with. We enthusiastically recommend it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eJosh and Sean McDowell, co-authors of \u003ci\u003eEvidence for the Resurrection\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMore Than A Carpenter\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"B\u0026H Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141866143984,"sku":"9781433669217","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781433669217_p0.jpg?v=1763756280","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781433669217","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}