Evil Encore

In the wake of the Newtown school shooting, I’ve been asked to comment since I am a theologian by profession and the author of a book on the problem of evil, Can God Be Trusted? Faith and the Challenge of Evil (Oxford, 1998; 2nd edition IVP, 2009).

Most of what I have to say is in that book. But I’ve posted remarks here in the past that are relevant to this incident, so I’ll just list them here in case they can be of use to you:

http://www.johnstackhouse.com/2007/04/23/virginia-tech-how-could-this-have-happened/

http://www.johnstackhouse.com/2008/05/17/when-people-do-bad-things-to-us/

http://www.johnstackhouse.com/2011/04/22/why-didnt-god-just/

http://www.johnstackhouse.com/2011/04/27/is-there-gratuitous-suffering/