恶从何而来?如果如基督教信仰所持,存在一位至高的创造者上帝,那么这位上帝最终要为恶负责吗?上帝的主权是否意味着上帝导致了每一个罪恶和苦难的发生?撒旦、他的恶魔以及地狱如何融入上帝对整个创造和历史的眷顾监督之中?上帝如何与人类的意图和行动互动?如果人类有自由行动的能力,上帝会在选择作出之前具体地知道每一个人类的决定吗?在这本重要的著作中,格雷格·A·博伊德(Gregory A. Boyd)对这些古老的问题提出了详尽的回应,这些问题至今仍然至关重要且充满争议,既实际又复杂。在这部作品中,博伊德捍卫了他在《上帝在争战》(God at War)中提出的基于圣经的三一争战神义论,通过严谨的哲学反思以及人类经验和科学发现的洞见,进行了深入阐述。他批判了经典加尔文主义对恶问题的解决方案,倡导一种对三一上帝主权以及撒旦现实的另类理解,以阐明我们堕落的人类处境。虽然并非所有人都同意博伊德的结论,但《撒旦与恶的问题》(Satan and the Problem of Evil)必将推动教会对这些关键问题的讨论。

Satan and the Problem of Evil : Constructing a Trinitarian Warfare Theodicy

Boyd, Gregory A.

Gregory A. Boyd

IVP Academic

IVP Connect

United States, United States of America

Downers Grove, 2014

October 2001

FR, 2001

Where does evil come from?If there is a sovereign creator God, as Christian faith holds, is this God ultimately responsible for evil? Does God's sovereignty mean that God causes each instance of sin and suffering? How do Satan, his demons and hell fit into God's providential oversight of all creation and history? How does God interact with human intention and action? If people act freely, does God know in particular every human decision before the choice is made? In this important book Gregory A. Boyd mounts a thorough response to these ages-old questions, which remain both crucial and contentious, both practical and complex. In this work Boyd defends his scripturally grounded trinitarian warfare theodicy (presented in God at War) with rigorous philosophical reflection and insights from human experience and scientific discovery. Critiquing the classical Calvinist solution to the problem of evil, he advocates an alternative understanding of the sovereignty of the trinitarian God and of the reality of Satan that sheds light on our fallen human condition. While all may not agree with Boyd's conclusions, Satan and the Problem of Evil promises to advance the church's discussion of these critical issues.

Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I
The World at War: The Warfare Worldview of the Bible & the Early Church
The Free Fall: Free Will & the Origin of Evil
A Risky Creation: Divine Foreknowledge & th Trinitarian Warfare Worldview
A Question of Balance: Issues Surrounding the Foreknowledge of God & the Openness of the Future
Love and War: Risk & the Sovereignty of God
No Turning back: The Irrevocability & the Finitude of Freedom
Part II
Praying in the Whirldwind: Miracles, Prayer & the Arbitrariness of Life
"Red in Toth and Claw": Perspectives on the Origin of Natural Evil, Part 1
When Natural Becomes a Weapon: Perspectives on the Origin of Natural Evil, Part 2
This an Enemy Has Done: "Natural Evil & the Trinitarian Warfare Theodicy
A Clash of Doctrines: Eternal Suffering & Annihilationism
A Separate Reality: Hell, das Nichtige & the Victory of God
Appendix 1: Remaining Objections
Appendix 2: Four Philosophical Arguments for the Incompatibility of EDF & Self-Determining Free Will
Appendix 3: On Incomplete Probationary Periods
Appendix 4: A Theology of Chance
Appendix 5: Exegetical Notes on Texts Used to Support Compatibilism
Glossary
Bibliography
Author/Subject Index
Scripture Index

As noted in the introduction, this work is an attempt at making philosophical sense of the warfare worldview of the Bible.

Gregory A. Boyd. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [431]-448) And Indexes.

2025-06-25