{"product_id":"the-doors-of-the-sea-where-was-god-in-the-tsunami-9780802866868","title":"The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami?","description":"As news reports of the horrific December 2004 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, \u003ci\u003eHow could a good and loving God -- if such exists -- allow such suffering?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Doors of the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e 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. He calls both to recognize in the worst catastrophes not the providential will of God but rather the ongoing struggle between the rebellious powers that enslave the world and the God who loves it wholly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHart, David Bentley:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eDavid Bentley Hart\u003c\/b\u003e is a philosopher, theologian, writer, and cultural commentator who has taught at the University of Virginia, Duke University, and the University of Notre Dame. His other books include \u003ci\u003eThe Beauty of the Infinite: The Aesthetics of Christian Truth\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e A Splendid Wickedness and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eAtheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the Michael Ramsey Prize in Theology in 2011.","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646656123154,"sku":"9780802866868","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b2b9baec-cc46-4f73-9da5-f581d0a55584.jpg?v=1733183080","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-doors-of-the-sea-where-was-god-in-the-tsunami-9780802866868","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}