Who Is To Blame?: Disasters, Nature, And Acts Of God

Synopsis

Bob White, A Geophysicist, Tackles One Of The Biggest Conundrums In Christian Thinking. He Combines A Profound Knowledge Of The Science Behind Natural Processes With Thorough Research Into Their Impact, And Underpins It With A Carefully Reasoned Theological Response. Examining Each Type Of Disaster In Turn, He Illuminates The Way In Which Human Factors Almost Always Turn Natural Processes, Without Which The Earth Would Be Sterile And Uninhabitable, Into Disasters: Population Growth, Widespread Inequality, Foolish Farming And Building Practices, And Climate Change All Contribute, Exacerbating Heat Waves, Famines, And Droughts. He Then Outlines The Insights That Jacob, Job, And Jesus Offer. This Highly Readable Book Is Permeated With Engaging Insights Into The Human Condition And The Biblical Response. Part I. Setting The Scene. The Problem Of Natural Disasters -- This Fertile World -- Global Population Increase -- Part Ii. Natural Disasters. Earthquakes -- Volcanic Eruptions -- Floods -- Famines -- Other Disasters -- Disasters Recorded In The Bible -- Part Iii. Biblical Reflections On Disasters. Paradise Lost: What Went Wrong? -- Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People? -- Joseph, Famine, And Family Reunion -- Job, Family Disaster, And Wisdom From The Whirlwind -- Jesus, A Collapsed Tower, And The Kingdom Of God Robert S. White. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.