IN THIS ISSUE

ARTICLES ON EVIL

Deliver Us From Evil......................David H.C. Read...........4
Jesus' primary concern was not explaining but overcoming evil

The Repentant God.........................Thomas H. Troeger.........6
As God repents from violent destruction so must we

Good News: God Loves You..................Jules Toner, S.J..........7
To understand and preach God's love we need to learn about human love

Lessons in Violence.......................Lance Morrow..............8
Dehumanizing the Other dissolves both the victim's and the abuser's humanity

Faith Asserts The World Has Meaning.......Arthur Hertzberg.........10
Radical evil and suffering cannot be explained

Evil: An Obstacle to Be Overcome..........Geddes MacGregor.........11
Evil is whatever hinders the appropriation of God's grace

Evil Makes Us Less Than Human.............Sr Gillian Leslie ode....12
The New Testament presents four aspects of evil

The God Who Suffers and Transforms Evil...Walter Wink..............14
Process theology offers a workable theodicy

Truth Makes Demands on Us.................Robert Ellsberg..........16
Praying for deliverance from evils we commit through indifference and
self-absorption

Faith: Preaching in Response to...........Christine Smith..........18
Radical Evil
Understanding the structures of evil calls for weeping, confession and
resistance

For Better or For Worse?..................Nathan Schwartz-Salant...20
Marriage can be a psychic prison or.......& Lydia Salant.............
a pathway to God

QUOTATIONS ON EVIL

In the Hebrew Scriptures [22]
In the New Testament Scriptures [23]
By Theologians, Mystics, Saints [24]
By Psychologists, Scientists & Medical Doctors [25]
By Poets and Writers [26]
By Leaders, Politicians, Statesmen [27]

BOOKS ON EVIL

Evil and the God of Love by John Hick [28]
The Forgotten by Elie Wiesel [29]
The Light Shineth in Darkness by S.L. Frank [30]
Picturing God by Ann Ulanov [31]
For Your Own Good by Alice Miller [33]
Texts of Terror by Phyllis Trible [35]
People of the Lie by M. Scott Peck [37]

IDEAS ON EVIL

Jesus' Prayer and the War of Worlds.......Bruce Chilton............38
The Evils of Pride & Self-Righteousness...Barbara Brown Taylor.....39
Cosmic Sin as Evil........................Francis J. Buckley, S.J..40
The Temptations of Jesus..................Christopher Morse........42
Preaching to Captives.....................Jude Siciliano, O.P......44
In The Beginning..........................Alfred M. Bingham........46
Lust For Power............................Ginger Grab..............47                   

      
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