Professor Hall has written a major work on an agonizing subject, at once brilliant, comprehensive, and thought provoking.
These he distinguishes from.
Creative is his view that certain aspects of what we call Suffering -- loneliness, experience of limits, temptation, anxiety -- are necessary parts of God\'s good creation.
Hall is true both to the reality of Suffering and to the affirmation that God creates, sustains, and redeems.
In contrast to many writers who gloss over one or the other, Dr.
Professor Hall has written a major work on an agonizing subject, at once brilliant, comprehensive, and thought provoking