Why Suffering and Evil?
Leader: Jan van der Lely (Asst. Curate of Cirencester)
Welcome and Host: Don Pines 24 people
Jan van der Lely is Assistant Curate in the Parish of Cirencester, and was formerly a teacher of Religious Studies, Ethics and Philosophy of Religion.
One of the biggest challenges to faith is the existence of suffering in the world, especially innocent suffering. How do we answer those who point out that an all-powerful and loving God ought to stop the evils of the world? Yet at the centre of the gospel story is the death by torture of an innocent man, Jesus, who taught that God is love. How can we make sense of this? It’s a problem which theologians and philosophers have wrestled with through the ages, and that you and I will revisit each time something painful happens in our own lives.
Dates:
Monday 18th January: Exploring the Problem
Monday 25th January: Is God to blame?
Monday 1st February: Gethsemane and Golgotha
Monday 8th February: Powers and Dominions
Monday 15th February: Making sense of our own suffering
Venue: Parish Centre (Abbey Room)
Time: 2.00pm – 3.30pm
Cost: £10 pp for the whole course Course Code: PC/10/01 |
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