Exploring Mormon Thought: Volume 4, God's Plan to Heal Evil

Blake T. Ostler “Packed full of rich treasures.” — The Millennial Star “A valuable, thoughtful, and Mormon engagement with the problem of evil.” — Association for Mormon Letters   Available in ebook for Kindle, Google Play, Kobo, and Apple. Also available through Amazon and Deseret Book. Download a free sample preview. Book Description: The problem of evil is perhaps the greatest challenge to belief in a loving and personal God. The challenge naturally leads us to ask, “Why, God, has this happened to me, to my loved ones, to my enemies?” Or, to ask with the Psalmist, “Where art thou God?” Or, to perhaps echo Jesus, “My God, my God, why hast thou abandoned me?” In this fourth volume of the Exploring Mormon Thought series, God's Plan to Heal Evil, Blake T. Ostler examines how others in the Christian and Mormon traditions have attempted to provide solutions to this challenge and the shortcomings they contain. Ostler then looks to Mormon theology to offer what he calls the Pl