Ian S. Markham

In late October, Richard Burridge, dean of King’s College London and professor of biblical interpretation there, was the first non–Roman Catholic to receive the prestigious Ratzinger Prize, set up as a kind of Nobel Prize for Theology. (Previous winners include Brian Daley, S.J. and . . . . Continue Reading »

Evil and the Evidence for God: The Challenge of John Hick's Theodicyby r. douglass geivettafterword by john hicktemple university press, 276 pages, $44.95 If God is all-powerful, then he must be able to abolish evil; if God is all-loving, then he must wish to abolish evil; but evil exists, . . . . Continue Reading »

Theology and Social Theory: Beyond Secular Reasonby John MilbankBasil Blackwell, 443 pages, $64.95 John Milbank does not get a very good press in Britain. He is viewed as a young upstart who is breaking the accepted conventions of Christian ethics. His main crime is that he wants to develop the . . . . Continue Reading »