This is the fourth talk in a series given by Os Guinness at Cambridge University. In this talk, he considers the question of
evil and suggests that people ask three key questions concerning
suffering in life:
"Why me?"Where's God?"How can I stand it?"
Os then considers how various belief systems and religions can respond to such questions.
About Os Guinness
Os Guinness is an author and social critic. Great-great
grandson of Arthur Guinness, the Dublin brewer, he was born in China in
World War II where both his parents and grandparents were medical
missionaries – his grandfather having had the privilege of treating the
Empress Dowager, the Last Emperor and the Imperial family. A survivor of
the terrible Henan famine of 1943, in which five million died in three
months, including his two brothers, Os was a witness to the climax of
the Chinese revolution in 1949 and the beginning of the reign of terror
under Mao Tse Tung. He was expelled with many other foreigners in 1951
and returned to Europe where he was educated in England. He completed
his undergraduate degree at the University of London and his D.Phil in
the social sciences from Oriel College, Oxford.
Os has written or edited thirty books on a wide range of themes, including The American Hour, Time for Truth, The Call, Invitation to the Classics, Long Journey Home, Unspeakable, and A Case for Civility. His latest book is A Free People’s Suicide: Sustainable Freedom and the American Future, published by InterVarsity Press in August, 2012.
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