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The Problem of Pain

By: C. S. Lewis
Narrated by: James Simmons
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Summary

For centuries people have been tormented by one question above all – ‘If God is good and all-powerful, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain?’ And what of the suffering of animals, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it?

The greatest Christian thinker of our time sets out to disentangle this knotty issue. With his signature wealth of compassion and insight, C.S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungry for a true understanding of human nature.

 Christianity Epic Fantasy Literary History & Criticism Religious Studies
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Critic reviews

‘I find I am constantly realising that I owe many of my most basic convictions about Christian faith to Lewis’s imagination.’
Rowan Williams

‘It is really a pleasure to be able to praise a book unreservedly, and that is just what I can do with “The Problem of Pain”.’ Guardian

‘A really remarkable book. It says so many things which seem to me to need saying today. It will help many people to revise what they had taken for granted and face possibilities which had not occurred to them.’ Spectator
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This book is excellent! I could never get passed the first chapter when reading. But with the audio book I get to experience the the entire thing.

Truly EXCELLENT!!!

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I read this book when I was a teenager, it didn’t make sense , life was fast and this book wasn’t telling me the answers I wanted!
Now in my 50’s this I have listened to this several times and am likely to listen several times more in putting some of the puzzle of life and faith into place . It is a beautifully written price of work that resonated deeply it’s me as a listener and touched my soul . I had to turn the speed down a notch as narrator spoke very fast I loved this book , thank you Mr Lewis 🙏🏻💕

Excellent

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Not an easy listen, got bits of the Christian dogma but philosophically quite deep. Probably requires repeated listening. Brave to tackle " do our pets go to heaven?".Well narrated.

At first we see darkly

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Revelational and profound without being difficult to follow. I needed to pause, take notes and reflect often. A thoughtful book full of insight, religious and non.

Needs more than one listen and a lot of pauses.

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A remarkable work by a remarkable man. I loved it, and am thankful for having found it.

The narrators diction is extremely clear, and he has a very pleasant voice too.

Fantastic work

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