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The problem of theodicy and the theology of the cross
In die Skriflig, 2007 Theodicy is the attempt to justify God’s righteousness and goodness amidst the experience of evil and suffering in the world. This article discusses Karl Barth’s Christological and Jürgen Moltmann’s eschatological approach to the problem of theodicy.
N. Vorster
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Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies, 2020 In the view of Max Weber, a theodicy refers to the way in which different religions represent how what happens to persons after death is determined by their actions in their present lives. The standard Hindu theodicy claims that our behaviour in this and
David N. Lorenzen
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Process-Panentheism and the “Only Way” Argument
Open Theology, 2022 Given panentheism, when trying to offer a plausible solution to the problem of evil, what is the most promising way forward? In this article, I argue that a panentheist who wants to answer the problem of evil by using the “only way” argument should ...
Langby Lina
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Is God’s Benevolence Impartial? [PDF]
, 2013 In this paper I consider the intuitive idea that God is fair and does not play favorites. This belief appears to be held by many theists. I will call it the Principle of Impartial Benevolence (PIB) and put it as follows: As much as possible, for all ...
Garcia, Robert K.
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THE THEOLOGICAL PROBLEM WITH EVOLUTION
Zygon, 2021 This article explores hamartiological questions at the interface of evolutionary biology and theology. Such questions include the problem of evil, the possibility of a historical fall, and the meaning of human sinfulness in light of biology.
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Religie & Samenleving, 2021 Having a look at the public treatment of the corona pandemic, we can see reminiscents of the theodicy discussion in the Christian philosophical/theological tradition.
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Becoming Dostoevsky (how Rowan Williams opens up Bakhtin)
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract With the end of Communism in Russia, non‐materialist contexts were enthusiastically restored to Mikhail Bakhtin's globally famous ideas of carnival, dialogism, and polyphony. This essay surveys Rowan Williams's 2008 study Dostoevsky: Language, Faith + Fiction as a major contribution to this effort, concentrating on those general philosophical ...
Caryl Emerson
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"Esau I Hated: Levinas on the Ethics of God's Absence [PDF]
, 2016 Emmanuel Levinas objects to traditional theodicy. But his objection to theodicy is so untraditional that God’s existence is incidental to it. The primary problem with theodicy, he argues, is not evidential but ethical.
Houser, Kevin
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Animals and the Problem of Evil in Recent Theodicies [PDF]
, 2009 This paper critically evaluates the theodicies of John Hick, Richard Swinburne and process theism regarding animal suffering and evils. The positions of Hick and Swinburne are based on false empirical assumptions, e.g., animals do not suffer.
Maller, Mark
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Disintegration, Salvation, and/or Madness in Dostoevsky
International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, Volume 23, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT Psychological fragmentation and derangement suffuse Dostoevsky's fiction. This paper argues that the madness of Dostoevsky characters derives from intense wounds to the self: humiliating lacerations that impel fugue and disintegration. Such vulnerable, frangible characters seek to escape and deny themselves to avoid being seen for who they are.
Jerry Piven
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