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Traktát o Bohu téměř nejsoucím
Heidegger’s concept of metaphysics as onto-theology based on necessary union of logic, ontology and theology demonstrates fundamental crisis of modern theodicy.
Václav Umlauf
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Disintegration, Salvation, and/or Madness in Dostoevsky
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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Theodicy, the enquiry as to the justness of the divine, is a prominent theme in mythological descriptions of the struggle between order and chaos. It is also an important feature of Middle Egyptian pessimistic poetry, which probes weaknesses in this mythological argument.
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THEODICY IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY: FROM PRESOCRATICS TO PHILO
The problem of theodicy is one of the oldest and most complex issues in Christian thought. Genetically, it originates from a theistic worldview model, which, on the one hand, determined the conceptual framework for its resolution and, on the other hand,
Владислав РЯЗАНОВ
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Abstract Immanuel Kant's The Dispute between the Faculties (1798) contains a footnote referencing four utopian states — Atlantis, Utopia, Oceana, and Severambia. This passage has largely been overlooked in Kantian scholarship. This paper revisits this neglected passage to explore Kant's engagement with utopian literature and its implications for his ...
Karoline Reinhardt
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The Syrian and refugee crises, the violent radicalisation in Europe, and global xenophobia stir up anew the link between the human quest for meaning and hope within the realm of human misery and destructive acts of severe evil.
D. J. Louw
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ABSTRACT G.W.F. Hegel is usually held to be anti‐utopian in his political philosophy. I aim to challenge that standard reading, outlining and defending a more positive account of his relation to utopianism. The rational state described in Hegel's Grundlinien der Philosophie des Rechts (1820) is shown to fit an uncontroversial account of utopia without ...
David Leopold
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What Can Theology Offer Psychology? Some Considerations in the Context of Depression
This paper explores what recent theological debates about human suffering might afford psychology as it continues to engage realities of suffering, especially persistent depression.
Jessica Coblentz
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Virtual Demons: Blue Whale and Moral Panic in the Digital Age
ABSTRACT This article examines the Blue Whale phenomenon as a case of moral panic with particular attention to its trajectory in Turkey. Originating in Russia in 2015, Blue Whale spread rapidly through sensationalist media coverage and soon became framed as a global threat to adolescents.
Kerem Karaosmanoğlu
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The Connection Building Theodicy
In this chapter, I present a new theodicy, which I call the connection building theodicy. The basic idea behind this theodicy is that virtuous responses to evil allow for certain types of ongoing, intrinsically valuable connections of appreciation ...
Robin Collins, Collins, Robin
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