It's late, life is daft and I've just had an email from someone whose faith is at a point of needing to 'grow up' to cope with such complexities as theodicy and (seemingly) unanswered prayer. This is why I get hacked off with evangelism courses - they don't prepare their happy converts for real life when the simple answers just don't wash any more. Or, perhaps, to be more fair, it's why I get hacked off that churches don't build on going nurture as part of their programmes.
So, anyone out there got an equivalent to 'Theodicy for Dummies' or 'Philosophy of Prayer for Absolute Beginners'? I have a copy Peter Vardy's 'The Puzzle of Evil' and various elementary philosophy of religion texts (well, as in undergraduate definition of elementary, not GCSE!) but in this case I am reluctant to lend them, not least as the former seems to be out of print. Any ideas please - and I'll try to source them rapidly.
Thank you.