Moby-Dick and Twenty-First Century Theodicy

This essay examines Moby-Dick as a mid-nineteenth-century fictional response to the Christian tradition of theodicy, or the attempt to justify the goodness and justice of God in the face of evil and unmerited human suffering. Given Moby-Dick's grounding in the traditions of theodicy going back...

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Main Author: Cook, Jonathan A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins University Press 2021
In: Christianity & literature
Year: 2021, Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 361-381
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
NBC Doctrine of God
Further subjects:B Theodicy
B Ahab
B Ishmael
B problem of evil
B Moby-Dick
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