Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God: Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry James Far from the Tree explores

Far from the Tree explores how people who love each other must struggle to accept each other--a theme in every family's life

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Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God: Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry James Far from the Tree exploresWhen confronted by horrendous evil, even the most pious believer may question not only life's worth but also God's power and goodness. A distinguished philosopher and a practicing minister, Marilyn McCord Adams has written a highly original work on a fundamental dilemma of Christian thought how to reconcile faith in God with the evils that afflict human beings. Adams argues that much of the discussion in analytic philosophy of religion over the last