Read on for key insights from The Doors of the Sea. 1. In moments of tragedy, when words fall short, it’s probably best that we fall silent. In , a devastating earthquake struck Southeast Asia with a force of on the Richter scale. The epicenter was the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The tremors themselves were devastating, but even. He wrote a short book, The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami, on the problem of evil and suffering in light of the tsunami in Asia that killed thousands. Hart seeks to defend Christianity from its secular critics, but along the way he also argues against a divine determinism that makes God the author of suffering/5. · DESCRIPTION. As news reports of the horrific December tsunami in Asia reached the rest of the world, commentators were quick to seize upon the disaster as proof of either God's power or God's nonexistence, asking over and over, How could a good and loving God -- if such exists -- allow such suffering? In The Doors of the Sea David Bentley Hart speaks at once to those skeptical of .
Children comprise upward of 40 percent of the dead. We thought this would be an appropriate moment to revisit David B. Hart's essay from the March issue of First Things, written in light of the tsunami that devastated the South Asian coastline in December ). Natural disasters like tsunamis and earthquakes inevitably evoke questions about and interrogations of the divine. Scholar David Bentley Hart invites Christians to allow the weight of the world's horrors to affect them even as they hold to the hope that God will bring his kingdom, where suffering and evil find no place. Free To Read. On the first day of my vacation with my family, I just read The Doors of the Sea by David Bentley Hart (Eerdmans, ). I could not it put down. I recommend it to any reader who wants to delve deeper into the problem of evil. Hart wrote this wonderful little treatise, subtitled "Where was God in the Tsunami", in the wake of the Indonesian Tsunami.
Read on for key insights from The Doors of the Sea. 1. In moments of tragedy, when words fall short, it’s probably best that we fall silent. In , a devastating earthquake struck Southeast Asia with a force of on the Richter scale. The epicenter was the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The tremors themselves were devastating, but even. The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami? Author: David Bentley Hart: Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, ISBN: , Length: pages: Subjects. DESCRIPTION. As news reports of the horrific December tsunami in Asia reached the rest of the world, commentators were quick to seize upon the disaster as proof of either God's power or God's nonexistence, asking over and over, How could a good and loving God -- if such exists -- allow such suffering? In The Doors of the Sea David Bentley Hart speaks at once to those skeptical of Christian faith and to those who use their Christian faith to rationalize senseless human suffering.
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