Life is at once wonderful and appalling, beautiful and horrific. How can we live with this contradiction? And how can we believe in a just and loving God in the face of all the evils in the world? 'A profoundly radical reflection on one of the central issues in theology.' Church Times 'A major new defence of Christianity that does not flinch from asking difficult questions about the kind of God who could have created our world.' The Bookseller 'A heartening book, confronting the hardest questions with wide knowledge and deep wisdom.' John Carey, Chief Literary Reviewer, Sunday Times 'An eloquent, honest and engaging case for Christian faith.' The Tablet 'The best case that could be made.' Andrew Copson, Director, British Humanist Association 'A deeply interesting book.' Mary Warnock DBE, FBA, FMedSci 'A book of rare power - such that, once you have finished it, you know you have been changed.' Ian S. Markham, Dean and President, Virginia Theological Seminary
Richard Harries (not to be confused with the Bishop of Oxford) is a well known spoken word artist with a considerable following on YouTube. He performs throughout East Yorkshire but mainly in and around Hull. His first poem, Pirate Izzy, was written for his Granddaughter; and thereafter he began writing and performing at Folk Clubs and Pubs. In addition to several years at the Hull Freedom Festival he has been a popular feature at the Filey Folk Festival, Cottingham Springboard, and in venues in Leeds, Harrogate and Wakefield. Richard's historical poems have been published in American Journals and his war poems were read in Ypres 100 years after the first shot in the Battle of Bellewaarde in World War I. Richard is often known as the Bard of Withernsea or the Activist Poet of Hull having written for the Action for Hull Group, The Wilberforce Society and supported campaigns to save the Lord line building and Beverlygate.
Show moreLife is at once wonderful and appalling, beautiful and horrific. How can we live with this contradiction? And how can we believe in a just and loving God in the face of all the evils in the world? 'A profoundly radical reflection on one of the central issues in theology.' Church Times 'A major new defence of Christianity that does not flinch from asking difficult questions about the kind of God who could have created our world.' The Bookseller 'A heartening book, confronting the hardest questions with wide knowledge and deep wisdom.' John Carey, Chief Literary Reviewer, Sunday Times 'An eloquent, honest and engaging case for Christian faith.' The Tablet 'The best case that could be made.' Andrew Copson, Director, British Humanist Association 'A deeply interesting book.' Mary Warnock DBE, FBA, FMedSci 'A book of rare power - such that, once you have finished it, you know you have been changed.' Ian S. Markham, Dean and President, Virginia Theological Seminary
Richard Harries (not to be confused with the Bishop of Oxford) is a well known spoken word artist with a considerable following on YouTube. He performs throughout East Yorkshire but mainly in and around Hull. His first poem, Pirate Izzy, was written for his Granddaughter; and thereafter he began writing and performing at Folk Clubs and Pubs. In addition to several years at the Hull Freedom Festival he has been a popular feature at the Filey Folk Festival, Cottingham Springboard, and in venues in Leeds, Harrogate and Wakefield. Richard's historical poems have been published in American Journals and his war poems were read in Ypres 100 years after the first shot in the Battle of Bellewaarde in World War I. Richard is often known as the Bard of Withernsea or the Activist Poet of Hull having written for the Action for Hull Group, The Wilberforce Society and supported campaigns to save the Lord line building and Beverlygate.
Show moreLife is at once wonderful and appalling, beautiful and horrific. How can we live with this contradiction? And how can we believe in a just and loving God in the face of all the evils of the world in which we have evolved?
Richard Harries is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Honorary Professor of Theology at King’s College, London. On his retirement as Bishop of Oxford (1987-2006) he was made a life peer (Lord Harries of Pentregarth). He is the author of many critically acclaimed books, including Hearing God in Poetry (SPCK, 2021), Seeing God in Art (SPCK, 2022) and his moving autobiography The Shaping of a Soul: a life taken by surprise (John Hunt 2023). Art and the Beauty of God (Continuum, 1993) was selected as book of the year by Anthony Burgess in The Observer. A much loved voice on BBC’s Today programme, he has contributed to ‘Thought for the Day’ for more than 50 years.
For anyone who is fascinated by the phenomenon of religion, this is
a deeply interesting book.
*Mary Warnock DBE, FBA, FMedSci*
In a world so obviously imperfect and bearing no obvious hallmarks
of purpose, the challenges facing Christianity are severe. Richard
Harries is one of those who realise that and takes the challenges
seriously. Those of us who are not in the end persuaded by his
Christian defence can nonetheless appreciate the sensitivity and
intelligence with which it is mounted. It is the best case that
could be made.
*Andrew Copson, Director of the British Humanist Society*
Mingling intellectual rigour with spiritual wisdom, Harries helps
his readers to grasp the relevance of the insights at the core of
the Christian faith.
*Alister E. McGrath, Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and
Religion, University of Oxford*
With all his characteristic clarity of thought, Richard Harries
probes how we can find God in suffering and horror as well as
beauty. . . The result is a profound statement of what it means to
have faith in the living tradition of Christianity, guided by hope
and love.’
*Jane Shaw, Dean for Religious Life and Professor of Religious
Studies, Stanford University*
The Beauty and the Horror is the most compelling exploration of
suffering in the world that I have ever read. . . Written with
grace and clarity, this is a book of rare power – such that, once
you have finished it, you know you have been changed.
*Ian S. Markham, Dean and President of Virginia Theological
Seminary*
A heartening book, confronting the hardest questions with wide
knowledge and deep wisdom.
*John Carey, Emeritus Merton Professor of English Literature,
University of Oxford, and Chief Literary Reviewer for the Sunday
Times*
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