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Disappointment with God
- 327 pages · about 5 hours
- First published 1988
- 10 editions
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1 About this book
Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud is a book written by Philip Yancey and published by Zondervan in 1988. It is one of Yancey's early bestsellers. Library Journal reviewer Elise Chase called the book "extraordinarily empathetic and persuasive; highly recommended".
Mark DeVries of The Christian Century reviewed the book and wrote that, through the book, Yancey "cuts through the pollyannaish denials that so often characterize evangelical treatment of unbelief, disappointment and unanswered prayer". The Christian Bookstore Journal listed Disappointment with God as the fifth-bestselling Christian book in 1989. In a 1991 Ministry review, Daniel Guild calls the book "Yancey at his superlative best". In 2000, Jim Remsen of The Philadelphia Inquirer called the title of the book evocative.
A 2001 article in U.S. Catholic states that Disappointment with God demonstrates Yancey's willingness to address difficult questions.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Religion & Spirituality
- Inspiration
- God
- Knowableness
- Theodicy
- Faith
- Christian life
2 About Philip Yancey
Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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