Cosmic alienation and the origin of evil: rejecting the "only way" option
For many contemporary theologians, God could not have created the universe in any other way than leading inevitably to evil. First, this essay will argue that non-human evil represents genuine evil. Second, it will argue that if contingency leads inevitably to evil, then God is too closely implicate...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2015
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Theology and science
Year: 2015, Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 43-63 |
| IxTheo Classification: | NBC Doctrine of God NBD Doctrine of Creation NBE Anthropology |
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| Summary: | For many contemporary theologians, God could not have created the universe in any other way than leading inevitably to evil. First, this essay will argue that non-human evil represents genuine evil. Second, it will argue that if contingency leads inevitably to evil, then God is too closely implicated in the creation of evil. Finally, I will re-explore the occurrence of a primordial deviation from God's original plan logically prior to creation as the best explanation for the origin of evil, thereby placing the origin of evil back in the context of freedom rather than implicating the nature of contingent reality. |
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| ISSN: | 1474-6700 |
| Contains: | In: Theology and science
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2014.987994 |