El Prisionero Nº 29392

El problema del mal constituye una de las preguntas más frecuentes, hondas y lacerantes de la vida y del pensamiento humanos, sobre todo para quienes creen en un Dios Padre Creador. Tras hacerse cargo de los intentos filosóficos y teológicos de responder a esa cuestión inagotable, Luis M. Armendáriz encara en este número 19 de Cuadernos de Teología Deusto directamente el mal con el Dios de la revelación cristiana.

These days the terms good and God seem synonymous. We believe what's generally accepted as good must be in line with God's will. Generosity, humility, justiceAnd—good. Selfishness, arrogance, crueltyAnd—evil. The distinction seems pretty straightforward. But is that all there is to it? If good is so obvious, why does the Bible say that we need discernment to recognize it'. Forgiveness is the bridge that enables dialogue to regain trust, and strengthen the relationship. If we don't forgive and ask for forgiveness, we may kill the illusion and joy of sharing our lives with each other....

Esta obra es una profunda meditación de tipo filosófico sobre la presencia de lo religioso en la vida humana, presencia real pero intanguible. El autor aborda el tema en el contexto de la crisis de la razón y de la crisis de la religión. En el libro, Gabriel Amengual analiza dichas crisis, indaga en sus orígenes y propone soluciones para llegar, de nuevo, a esa presencia de lo religioso, en definitiva, a esa presencia de Dios en el hombre.

From telemarketers to traffic jams to twenty-item shoppers in the ten-item line, our lives are full of interruptions. They're often aggravating, sometimes infuriating, and can make us want to tell people what we really think about them. But they also tell us something quite important about ourselves. The prophet Jonah's life was interrupted by a clear call of God that made him mad enough and scared enough to run in the completely opposite direction. Yet it wasn't really an interruption. It was an opportunity for Jonah to be involved in something the likes of which the Old Testament world had...