Deliver Us from Evil: A Call for Christians to Take Evil Seriously

by John Swinton

Overview

What do we mean when we call something or someone evil? The word "evil" tends to conjure up images of demons, devils, and horrifying crimes, things that you and I couldn't possibly get involved with! But is that true? Is evil really something that only wicked people who are "quite unlike ourselves" get up to? Could it be that you and I are not only capable of doing evil things, but are already involved with such things? This book explores the hidden nature of evil and draws out the ways in which all of us, knowingly or otherwise, are caught up in webs of evil that bring about disastrous consequences, often to the weakest and most vulnerable amongst us. We need to find ways of learning to see evil and resisting it by all means possible. If we can't see evil, we can't resist it. If we can't resist it, we get sucked into it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781666729405
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	11/21/2022
Series:	The Didsbury Lectures Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	140
Sales rank:	1,026,090
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

John Swinton is professor in practical theology and pastoral care and chair in divinity and religious studies at the University of Aberdeen. He has published within the areas of theodicy, mental health, dementia, disability theology, spirituality and healthcare, qualitative research, and pastoral care.

What People are Saying About This

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“Recognizing and Resisting Evil is a timely, prophetic, and humane call for the church to wrestle with evil in ways that are realistic and faithful. This is not easy reading—nor should it be—but rather an invitation to face the reality of evil with humility and hope.”

—Susan Eastman, author of Paul and the Person: Reframing Paul’s Anthropology



“In this book, John Swinton takes a clear-eyed look at a topic that our culture either equivocates about or ignores. From politics to pornography, Swinton takes away our excuses for evil with one hand while offering us the tools for transformation with the other. This is practical theology at its best.”

—Bethany Sollereder, Laudato Si’ Research Institute, University of Oxford

Editorial Reviews

Recognizing and Resisting Evil is a timely, prophetic, and humane call for the church to wrestle with evil in ways that are realistic and faithful. This is not easy reading—nor should it be—but rather an invitation to face the reality of evil with humility and hope.”

—Susan Eastman, author of Paul and the Person: Reframing Paul’s Anthropology



“In this book, John Swinton takes a clear-eyed look at a topic that our culture either equivocates about or ignores. From politics to pornography, Swinton takes away our excuses for evil with one hand while offering us the tools for transformation with the other. This is practical theology at its best.”

—Bethany Sollereder, Laudato Si’ Research Institute, University of Oxford

From the Publisher