The Image of God

Eleonore Stump is the Robert J. Henle Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University. She has published extensively in philosophy of religion, contemporary metaphysics, and medieval philosophy. Her books include Aquinas (2003), Wandering in Darkness: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering (2010), Atonement (2018), and The Image of God: The Problem of Evil and the Problem of Mourning (2022). She has given the Gifford Lectures (Aberdeen, 2003), the Wilde lectures (Oxford, 2006), the Stewart lectures (Princeton, 2009), and the Stanton lectures (Cambridge, 2018). She is past president of the Society of Christian Philosophers, Philosophers in Jesuit Education, the American Catholic Philosophical Association, and the American Philosophical Association, Central Division; and she is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

• 1: A Largely Unremarked Part of the Problem of Evil: The Problem of Mourning and the Felix Culpa View 2: Life After Death: The Notion of the True Self 3: Worship: The True Self and Thriving 4: Union with God: The True Self and the Desires of the Heart 5: The Image of God: The Perfection of the True Self 6: An Excursus: Knowledge and Narrative 7: The Love of God: The Narrative 8: The Nature of a Defense 9: The Defense of the Felix Culpa View

Stump's Image of God is a rigorous, fascinating, and well-argued book that can be recommended to anyone who wants to consider seriously the complexities of suffering, selfhood, and love.