Customer Reviews
Essential reading - By: The Macs, 13 Dec 2003 
If you take A Level theology these days then either Peter Vardy is your primary resource, or you were born with the abilities of Thomas Aquinas. (Or perhaps you are destined to fail - who knows?)
But with this book, Vardy has surpassed himself. This is not simply a textbook for late teens cramming their way into college, but the only recent contribution to an issue that everyonein the modern world really should know more about.
For students, there are thorough but concise accounts of all the major contributors to our study of the nature, extent & implications of evil. That's good - they need to do more homework anyway.
But for the rest of us, a more complete & comprehensive guide to the most fundamental problem of moral lifein our times simply does not exist.
You cannot read this book without questioning your own assumptions about right & wrong, without examining the rules you apply to your judgement of different peoples' interpretations of the same rules, or without learning something about how evil can often depend upon the place you are standing.
And if this book offends you, upsets you, or causes you to change your opinion about something, then that is all the more reason for you to read it.
A Thinker's Guide which will leave you thinking! - By: A Weir, 03 Dec 2003 Peter Vardy & Julie Arliss have produced an excellent account of many of the traditional arguments with excellent modern examples to show that the question is still relevant. They also take things even further making you want to turn the pages more & morein search for 'an' answer - which you must find for yourself. The content is superb - to a standard which will maintain any students interest & develop their understanding to the levels needed for AS & A2. That said, this is an excellent read for any serious Christian (in particular) believer who is not afraid to question what they believe & why they believe it. Readers are helped to focus on questions with helpful 'Questions for Consideration' to clear up understanding at the end of each chapter. The book is also visually stunning & well structuredin its sections. You'll struggle to get a better commentator on the Philosophy of Relgion than Vardy who makes many teachers lives that little bit easier.
Fantastic! - By: , 19 Sep 2003 Wow, its impressive. Im so proud to be Julie's student. Very good, should definitely buy it.
