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Religions, 2018 Emmanuel Levinas declares that we have reached the end of theodicy, but we have not reached the end of discussions and books and special issues on theodicy, and people continue to ask, and answer, the questions “Why?” and “Why me?” about their suffering.
Jennifer L. Geddes
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Does moral anti-theodicy beg the question?
International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 2023 AbstractSome philosophers of religion have argued that moral anti-theodicy begs the question. This paper evaluates the arguments from two such philosophers, writing a decade apart—Robert Mark Simpson, and Lauri Snellman. Simpson argues that any global argument against theodicy must allow for the possibility of there existing a plausible theodicy, and ...
Gabriel Echazu
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‘And Therefore I Hasten to Return My Ticket’: Anti-theodicy Radicalised [PDF]
Sophia, 2021 Nick Trakakis
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The acknowledgement of transcendence: Anti-theodicy in Adorno and Levinas
Philosophy and Social Criticism, 2011 It is generally recognized that Adorno and Levinas should both be read as urging a rethinking of ethics in light of Auschwitz. This demand should be understood in terms of the acknowledgement of transcendence. A phenomenological account of the event of Auschwitz developed by Todes motivates my use of Cavell’s distinction between acknowledgement and ...
Carl B. Sachs
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Is Islam Theodicy Or Anti-Theodicy?
The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences, 2022 The article shows that Islam is far from the extremes of theodicy and anti-theodicy, which equally take God away from responsibility for the existence of evil and suffering.
T. E. Kafarov
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Christian Theodicy: A Critique of William Gass’s Anti-Theology
Religions, 2022 This paper presents a justification for a Christian theodicy. It starts by critiquing William H. Gass’s depiction of Christianity as superstitious, ignorant, and evil.
Dennis Lee Sansom
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Avicenna’s Theodicy and al-Rāzī’s Anti-Theodicy [PDF]
Intellectual History of the Islamicate World, 2019 Abstract Avicenna’s Neoplatonic account of divine providence and theodicy was hugely influential on later philosophical and religious thought in the Islamic world. However, it was severely criticised by one of his earlier commentators, the theologian-philosopher Faḫr al-Dīn al-Rāzī (d. 606/1210).
Ayman Shihadeh
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The Problem of Evil in Islam: Between Theodicy and Anti-Theodicy
Islamovedenie, 2022 The article demonstrates that Islam is far from the extremes of theodicy and anti-theodicy, which equally take God away from responsibility for the existence of evil and suffering in the world. Following Judaism in proclaiming God the primary source of both good and evil, Islam originally rejects theodicy, transferring all responsibility for evil to ...
T. E. Kafarov
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”Anti-theodicy” and Antitheodicies
European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 2019 The article reviews different antitheodicies in response to Toby Betenson’s article “Anti-Theodicy”. Antitheodicies involve rejecting the position that God or meaning exist only, if evils have justifying morally sufficient reasons. The article builds on Betenson’s division into moral and conceptual antitheodicies and his characterization of ...
Lauri Snellman
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A Study of Nick Trakakis's Approach to Anti-Theodicy in Comparison with Meta-Theodicy and Critique of Theodicy [PDF]
پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین, 2022 The problem of evil and theodicy are acknowledged as inherent parts of the philosophy of religion. But on the other hand, some are seeking a way to put an end to this issue.
Seyed Mahdi Sajadi
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