Understanding Reality Religion

About the Book

You know the Big questions. When did it all begin? Before creation, what? Before that? Where was I 10,000 years ago? When will it all end? But I suppose that the question that bothers people most is: How can God, the omnipotent, the Creator, be good when there is so much evil in the world?

Here is an attempt to face up to the eternal, unsolvable contradictory questions about God, Jesus, the church and the practice of faith in the Christian life. Without negating traditional religion concepts, God is embraced in all of his attributes. He has a dark side. He is jealous, egotistical, cruel, tyrannical, killer of innocent hordes.

He is also recognized as a great deliverer, lover of good, supporter of mankind, and a generally good companion. The Christian opts to address this second image of God, the beneficent.

The author has struggled with the definition and nature of God all his life. He has found that he can question God and acknowledge his/her dark side while at the same time love God and bask in his presence and love.

Here is a new kind of spiritual journey-intellectually honest and committed in faith.

About the Author

Hiley H. Ward is professor emeritus and former chair of the Journalism Department at Temple University, Philadelphia. He lives in Warrington, Pa.

A former president of the Religion Newswriters Association, he was religion writer/editor for the Detroit Free Press for 14 years.

He has two master?s degrees from two seminaries and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Minnesota.