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This book offers an original contribution to debates about the problem of evil and the existence of God. It develops a Thomistic, Christian theodicy, the aim of which is to help us better understand not only why God allows evil, but also how God works to redeem it. In the author’s view, the existence of evil does not generate any intellectual problem that theists must address or solve to vindicate God or the rationality of theism. This is because acknowledging the existence of evil rationally leads us to acknowledge the existence of God. However, understanding how these two facts are compatible still requires addressing weighty, wide-ranging questions concerning God and evil. The author draws on diverse elements of Aquinas’s philosophy and theology to build an argument that evil only exists within God’s world because God has created and continues to sustain so much good. Moreover, God can and does bring good out of all evil, both cosmically and within the context of our own, individual lives. In making this argument, the author engages with contemporary work on the problem of evil from analytic philosophy of religion and theology. Additionally, he addresses a broad range of topics and doctrines within Thomistic and Christian thought, including God, creation, providence, original sin, redemption, heaven and hell, and the theological virtues. God, Evil, and Redeeming Good is an essential resource for scholars and students interested in philosophy of religion, philosophical theology, and the thought of Thomas Aquinas.
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Genre |
: Philosophy |
Author |
: Paul A. Macdonald Jr. |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Release |
: 2023-01-30 |
File |
: 277 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781000831221 |
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"This book offers an original contribution to debates about the problem of evil and the existence of God. It develops a Thomistic, Christian theodicy, the aim of which is to help us better understand not only why God allows evil, but also how God works to redeem it. In the author's view, the existence of evil does not generate any intellectual problem that theists must address or solve to vindicate God or the rationality of theism. This is because acknowledging the existence of evil rationally leads us to acknowledge the existence of God. However, understanding how these two facts are compatible still requires addressing weighty, wide-ranging questions concerning God and evil. The author draws on diverse elements of Aquinas's philosophy and theology to build an argument that evil only exists within God's world because God has created and continues to sustain so much good. Moreover, God can and does bring good out of all evil, both cosmically and within the context of our own, individual lives. In making this argument, the author engages with contemporary work on the problem of evil from analytic philosophy of religion and theology. Additionally, he addresses a broad range of topics and doctrines within Thomistic and Christian thought, including God, creation, providence, original sin, redemption, heaven and hell, and the theological virtues. God, Evil, and Redeeming Good is an essential resource for scholars and students interested in philosophy of religion, philosophical theology, and the thought of Thomas Aquinas"--
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Genre |
: Theodicity |
Author |
: Paul A. Macdonald |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 2022-12 |
File |
: 0 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 1032288604 |
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"Why God?" Everyday this question is uttered in sorrow, bewilderment, or anger. This cry is the problem of suffering. It is also known as the problem of evil. It asks why a good, all-powerful God allows evil and pain. Theodicy is the name of the theological responses that seek to defend God against charges of unfairness. Traditional theodicies have been accused of intensifying the problem by claiming that God is justified in allowing evil because he uses it to bring about a greater good. This greater-good approach has been criticized in more recent times. It seems to uncomfortably align God and evil too closely together. Does God need evil in order to bring good? This study explores an alternative stream of theodicy found in the idea of cosmic warfare. In this theodicy God fights evil in its moral, physical, spiritual, and supernatural forms. This book explores the world of theodicy and its cosmic warfare forms. It navigates the theological and ethical minefields involved. Building on the idea that God is in the midst of a great cosmic controversy, it seeks to further the conversation and articulates a new alternative "redeemed good defense."
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Genre |
: Religion |
Author |
: Anthony MacPherson |
Publisher |
: Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Release |
: 2021-07-06 |
File |
: 221 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781666709841 |
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Genre |
: Christianity |
Author |
: Henry James |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1879 |
File |
: 508 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UOM:39015064371324 |
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Genre |
: Theology, Doctrinal |
Author |
: William Newton Clarke |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1898 |
File |
: 508 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UIUC:30112121414384 |
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Genre |
: Christianity |
Author |
: William Law |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1893 |
File |
: 200 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: IOWA:31858020320275 |
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Genre |
: Christian life |
Author |
: William Law |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1893 |
File |
: 200 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: HARVARD:AH4DPP |
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: |
Author |
: John Faulkner Potts |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1898 |
File |
: 996 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: NYPL:33433082244223 |
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Genre |
: Aesthetics |
Author |
: James Hinton |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1874 |
File |
: 644 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: WISC:89094546256 |
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Genre |
: Sunday schools |
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1880 |
File |
: 408 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: HARVARD:AH6GLJ |