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Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 3, December 2026.Abstract This article traces the social life of medieval Persian poetry as it is repurposed within Los Angeles's Iranian diaspora. Based on 5 years of immersive ethnography in private erfān classes and mystical assemblies, I argue these gatherings function as contemporary diasporic courts, mobilizing core texts within a spiritual marketplace structured
Zia Khoshsirat
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SOUTHGATE'S COMPOUND ONLY‐WAY EVOLUTIONARY THEODICY: DEEP APPRECIATION AND FURTHER DIRECTIONS
Zygon, 2018 Christopher Southgate offers a remarkable evolutionary theodicy that includes six affirmations and arguments; together they form a unique and very persuasive proposal which he terms a “compound evolutionary theodicy.” Here I summarize the arguments and ...
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Stoic Influences on Plotinus’ Theodicy?
Elpis, 2018 The aim of this paper is twofold: a) to identify the Stoic-attempted solutions to the problem of evil, allegedly appropriated by Plotinus and made use of in his main work on theodicy, which was divided by Porphyry into two treatises and published under ...
Viktor Ilievski
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The Sovereignty of Humanity and Social Responsibility for Evil Prevention
Religions, 2021 In this paper, I suggest that James Sterba’s recent restatement of the logical problem of evil overlooks a plausible theistic interpretation of the divine–human relation, which allows for a theodicy impervious to his atheological argument, which boils ...
Janusz Salamon
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Constellations, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 321-330, September 2026.ABSTRACT This article reevaluates Walling as a neglected precursor to American Western Marxism, arguing that his 1912–1914 trilogy synthesized Marxist theory of his time and Deweyan pragmatism into a distinct “pragmatist conception of history.” Born into “aristocracy” yet radicalized, Walling's unique trajectory—as a co‐founder of the NAACP and critic ...
Paulo Antunes
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The theodicy of Peter Taylor Forsyth: a "crucial" justification of the ways of God to man
, 2009 This study seeks to describe the theodicy of Scottish theologian Peter Taylor Forsyth. We begin by making some preliminary comments concerning Forsyth’s conception of reality and his understanding of evil.
Leow, Theng Huat
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Teodisi Allah Dalam Sastra Hikmat Terhadap Penderitaan Orang Benar
Manna Rafflesia, 2022 A righteous person who experiences suffering. Making the idea of theodicy where God's sovereignty reigns over the world and also human history is inseparable, including suffering.
Gernaida Krisna R. Pakpahan
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Enduring After God: An Anatheistic Reframing of Augustine on Suicide
The Heythrop Journal, Volume 67, Issue 5, Page 529-542, September 2026.Abstract This paper proposes a retrieval of Augustine's argument on suicide in De Civitate Dei I.17–27, rearticulating its ethical core for a post‐theistic age through the hermeneutic lens of Richard Kearney's anatheism. Confronting the dual reality of persistent suicide and declining religiosity, I argue that Augustine's pastoral case against ending ...
Kornelius Lumbanbatu
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Avicenna’s Theodicy and al-Rāzī’s Anti-Theodicy [PDF]
, 2019 Avicenna’s Neoplatonic account of divine providence and theodicy was hugely influential on later philosophical and religious thought in the Islamic world.
Shihadeh, Ayman
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The Multiverse Theodicy Meets Population Ethics
Ergo, An Open Access Journal of PhilosophyThe multiverse theodicy proposes to reconcile the existence of God and evil by supposing that God created all and only the creation-worthy universes and that some universes like ours are, despite their evils, creation-worthy.
Han Li
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