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Die teodiseevraag: 'n Antwoord vanuit 'n pastorale perspektief
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 1998 The problem of theodicy: An answer from a pastoral perspective. A fundamental aspect of the problem of theodicy is the experience of God's action as at times unfair, a perception at home espedally in a situation of human suffering.
Petri de Kock, J. H. Koekemoer
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Rethinking responsibility: An Abhidharma Buddhist view
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 111, Issue 2, Page 549-570, September 2025.Abstract If reductionism about personal identity is true, “no one ever deserves to be punished for anything they did.” I call this the Responsible Agency Challenge. This paper addresses the question: How should we respond to this challenge? My response is inspired by the famous fifth century Buddhist Abhidharma philosopher, Vasubandhu, and the ...
Monima Chadha
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Contingency in Leibniz's Philosophical Theology
Philosophy Compass, Volume 20, Issue 6, June 2025.ABSTRACT Trying to secure a source of contingency in Leibniz's philosophical theology has been a central concern for Leibniz scholars over the past century. This article examines some of the most promising strategies on offer, including the “per se” account, the “infinite analysis” account, and the “moral necessity” account.
Dylan Flint
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LITURGICAL POLITICS IN THE POETRY OF PAUL CELAN*
German Life and Letters, Volume 78, Issue 2, Page 237-255, April 2025.ABSTRACT Drawing on Celan's conception of poetry as a means of orienting the individual towards the ‘completely Other’, this paper emphasises poetry's ability to create community without reproducing exclusionary group identities. The analysis reveals a latent politics in Celan's poetry, emphasising its ability to gather disparate individuals into a ...
Lukas Hoffman
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, 2003 In Psalms evil is usually existential and victim-orientated. Suffering is not a theoretical problem but an experienced reality. Consequently, two aspects of the modern so-called theodicy problem are in focus.
Lindström, Fredrik,, Lund University.
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, 2008 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 ...
Enmarch, Roland,, Enmarch, Roland
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, 2002 It is widely acknowledged among those philosophers and theologians who have given the matter much thought that the fact of animal suffering challenges Theism in a distinctive way.
Lynch, Joseph J.
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Leibniz and the Anti-theodicy of Bayle
, 2016 Bayle was the great adversary of Leibniz’s theodicy, and it was only when faced with Bayle’s reprimands against every possible theological justification of evil that Leibniz completely developed his own theory.
BROGI, STEFANO
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CHRISTOPHER SOUTHGATE'S COMPOUND THEODICY: PARALLEL SEARCHINGS
Zygon, 2018 Christopher Southgate proposes that a theological response to the suffering that is built into an evolutionary world requires a compound evolutionary theodicy, made up of four interrelated theological positions. This article proposes a fourfold response
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Secularisation and Empowerment. Four Poems on Theodicy
Edda, 2018 This article analyses four 18th-century poems on the issues of theodicy and a moral world order, which were central to Enlightenment discourse and to figureheads such as Bayle, Leibniz, Voltaire and Hume.
Helene Blomqvist
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