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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
2021
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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 |
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Theodicy
B Ahab B Ishmael B problem of evil B Moby-Dick |
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