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In this time of mass shootings, climate catastrophe, rising authoritarianism, and racial terrorism, this book is a timely study of the overwhelming nature of the social forces that generate and perpetuate social injustice, held in tension with personal responsibility and agency critical to Christian thought. The God that emerges in these pages is a God Jews and Hindus would recognize, yet challenging for those of us who inhabit Christianity in twenty-first century America and equate God with power. --Winnie Varghese, Rector, St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Atlanta Gary Commins has written a creative and innovative reflection on the nature of evil. Commins persuasively asserts that an appropriately Christian perspective begins with Jesus' own engagement with evil, enlightened by the Hebrew Scriptures, Trinitarian doctrine, and insights from other religious traditions. Crafted in Commins' unique and eminently readable style, the book offers a 'Christodicy' that honors Scripture and tradition but is resolutely contemporary. --John L. Kater, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, emeritus With incisive research and penetrating insights, Commins exposes a Christian theological and philosophical tradition that has ignored Jesus when addressing the perplexing problem of evil. By taking seriously the ways in which Jesus navigated and responded to evil in his own day, Commins offers a thoughtful, faithful, and just pathway for responding to the complex ways in which evil impacts everyday lives, from the systemic to the personal. A must-read for scholars and pastors alike. --Kelly Brown Douglas, Dean, Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary Evil and the Problem of Jesus asks: How can Christians live with daily mass shootings in America? How can they live with the evil within? As Commins states, 'we forget to think as Christians. We forget to engage the mind of Christ as we respond to exploitation and injustice, misery and pain, and violence and death.' This book, beautifully written, with Christodicy responds: 'How do we justify our ways to Christ?' --Tim Vivian, California State University Bakersfield, emeritus

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Gary Commins is a retired Episcopal priest who exercised his forty-year ministry in urban, suburban, inclusive, bilingual, and multicultural settings. He is the author of three other books, including If Only We Could See: Mystical Vision and Social Transformation (2015). He received an honorary doctorate for his work that has blended scholarship with ministry.

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