The Doors of the Sea : Where Was God in the Tsunami? (Paperback)

from ericaustinlee

An excellent book of anti-theodicy. Hart is able to articulate just what divine apatheia truly entails for the Christian faith in his working out of the 'problem' of evil. He is most profound in the end of the book when he reminds us that we are to hate evil with a perfect hate but know that even...

from ericaustinlee

An excellent book of anti-theodicy. Hart is able to articulate just what divine apatheia truly entails for the Christian faith in his working out of the 'problem' of evil. He is most profound in the end of the book when he reminds us that we are to hate evil with a perfect hate but know that even...

from Bill.Bradford

Hart is an Eastern Orthodox Christian and writes from a perspective that is a little different than what we usually hear. The book is rich is philosophy, theology, and literary references, and will sometimes take a second or third reading of a passage to understand. Hart interacts extensively wit...

from jupebox

The Doors of the Sea is an emotional response against "metaphysical optimism," which in his view trivializes tragedy by stating that everything is okay in the end. Coming from an Eastern Orthodox perspective, Hart certainly believes that the Christian God is victorious in the end, but he warns ag...

from dboyce70

Harte offers here a brief but significant case AGAINST theodicy pointing out the fallacies of theodicy and offering an introduction to the unique understanding of god presented in the Judeo/Christian Scriptures.