Suffering, Guilt - and Divine Injustice?: The Nature and Forms of Evil in Their Bearing on the Problem of Theodicy

The so-called problem of evil rests upon the apparent incompatibility of three fundamental hypotheses: God exists; God is inclusively omniscient, omnipotent, and perfectly good; and evil exists. Most apologetic responses to the problem (resulting either in a full-fledged theodicy or a mere defence o...

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Subtitles:Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Toronto School of Theology, [Part 1]
Main Author: Schulz, Heiko 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: School [2020]
In: Toronto journal of theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 194-213
IxTheo Classification:NAB Fundamental theology
NBC Doctrine of God
Further subjects:B divine injustice
B epistemic humility
B divine perfection
B Theodicy
B eschatological evil
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