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Journal articles on the topic "Christian theodicy"

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Metz, Johann Baptist. "Suffering from God: Theology as Theodicy." Pacifica: Australasian Theological Studies 5, no. 3 (1992): 274–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1030570x9200500303.

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The article argues that Christian theology has avoided asking questions about suffering that appears to come from God. The mystery of God has been tamed by philosophical positions, and the Israelite sense of poverty of spirit before God needs to be recaptured. Christian hope remains tied to an apocalyptic conscience and Christians must not hurriedly bypass the slowly dying cry of Jesus.

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Chae, Hyeok-Su. "Theodicy and Its Christian Educational Application." Theology and Praxis 63 (February 28, 2019): 389–418. http://dx.doi.org/10.14387/jkspth.2019.63.389.

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FRANKLIN RAUSCH. "SUFFERING HISTORY: COMPARATIVE CHRISTIAN THEODICY IN KOREA." Acta Koreana 19, no. 1 (2016): 69–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.18399/acta.2016.19.1.003.

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Silverman, Eric Jason, Elizabeth Hall, Jamie Aten, Laura Shannonhouse, and Jason McMartin. "Christian Lay Theodicy and The Cancer Experience." Journal of Analytic Theology 8 (September 21, 2020): 344–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.12978/jat.2020-8.1808-65001913.

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In philosophy of religion, there are few more frequently visited topics than the problem of evil, which has attracted considerable interest since the time of Epicurus (341-270 BCE). It is well known that the problem of evil involves responding to the apparent tension between 1) belief in the existence of a good, all powerful, all knowing God and 2) the existence of evil—such as personal suffering embodied in the experience of cancer. While a great deal has been written concerning abstract philosophical theories that academics use to explain the existence of evil, much less has been written abo

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Brewer, Keagan. "God’s Devils: Pragmatic Theodicy in Christian Responses to Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn’s Conquest of Jerusalem in 1187". Medieval Encounters 27, № 2 (2021): 125–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15700674-12340098.

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Abstract This paper considers Christian responses to the problem of evil following Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn’s conquest of Jerusalem. Among Catholics, Audita Tremendi offered the orthodox response that God was punishing Christian sin. However, the logical conclusion of this view is that the Muslims were agents of God despite being “evil” for having captured Jerusalem from Christians. Twelfth-century theologians believed that God could use demons in the service of good. In response to 1187, while many Christians portrayed the Muslims as evil, some expressed that they were divine agents. Meanwhile, others mu

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Stoeber, Michael. "Transformative suffering, destructive suffering and the question of abandoning theodicy." Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses 32, no. 4 (2003): 429–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000842980303200403.

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This paper defends the striving for a theoretical theodicy against the call of some contemporary theologians to abandon the practice altogether. Essential to the defense is a distinction I propose between the themes of "transformative suffering" and "destructive suffering." I respond especially to the views of Grace Jantzen and Kenneth Surin, suggesting how, in Christian theism, effective themes of theodicy would ground the hope for the healing and redemption of the victims of destructive suffering. In abandoning theodicy in principle, it remains unclear what would support this compassionate h

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Szwat-Gyłybowa, Grażyna, та Piotr Szymczak. "Kalin Yanakiev as a Writer of Apocrypha? Remarks on the Essay "Дебат върху теодицеята" ("A Debate on Theodicy")". Studia Ceranea 4 (30 грудня 2014): 219–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/2084-140x.04.14.

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The article engages with the philosophical and theological notion of theodicy as formulated by Kalin Yanakiev in Дебат върху теодицеята (A Debate on Theodicy), an essay which appeared in Yanakiev’s book Философски опити върху самотата и надеждата (Philosophical Essays on Solitude and Hope,2008). The article uses the category of apocryphalness to analyse the ideas sparked off in Yanakiev’s work by a passage from Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, along with a series of Yanakiev’ s philosophical and poetic images which are interpreted in the biblical and philosophical context. The article also

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Fettke, Steven M., and Michael L. Dusing. "A Practical Pentecostal Theodicy?" PNEUMA 38, no. 1-2 (2016): 160–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15700747-03801002.

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A common critique of Pentecostalism from other Christian traditions is that Pentecostals lack an adequate response to evil and chronic and unrelieved suffering. I will propose a response to evil and suffering that is not expressed solely in repeated calls to faith or in stark black and white terms of faith versus doubt. This essay will address the role of the pentecostal faith community in its social dimension in response to suffering. I will also suggest a “practical” pentecostal theodicy, one grounded in the stories of the outpouring of the Spirit in the book of Acts and in deep pastoral con

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Wielenberg, Erik J. "In Defence of C.S. Lewis' Soul-Making Theodicy: A Reply to Wolterstorff." Journal of Inklings Studies 9, no. 2 (2019): 192–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/ink.2019.0048.

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In The Problem of Pain, C.S. Lewis offers a multi-pronged Christian explanation for the suffering in the world. Lewis first develops a free will theodicy, according to which much of the suffering in our world is a by-product of human free will. To account for the remaining suffering (caused by, for instance, disease and natural disasters), Lewis develops a version of the soul-making theodicy, according to which some of the suffering in the world is permitted by God as part of a divine project of improving the moral character of human beings. Nicholas Wolterstorff has recently raised some inter

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Shokhin, Vladimir K. "Philosophical Theology and Indian Versions of Theodicy." European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 2, no. 2 (2010): 177–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.v2i2.373.

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Comparative philosophical studies can seek to fit some Eastern patterns of thought into the general philosophical framework, or, on the contrary, to improve understanding of Western ones through the view “from abroad”. I try to hit both marks by means of establishing, firstly, the parallels between Indian versions of theodicy and the Hellenic and Christian ones, then by defining to which of five types of Western theodicy the Advaita-Vedānta and Nyāya versions belong and, thirdly, by considering the meaning of the fact that some varieties of Western theodicy, like the explanation of evil by fre

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Christian theodicy"

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Polewski, F. Stefan. "Traditional theodicy, Christian and Hindu responses." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0021/MQ52635.pdf.

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Matteson, George A. "A theological rationale for Christian suffering." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.

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Hughes, C. T. "Philosophers, theologians and evil : toward a union of philosophical and theological concerns in theodicy." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.253788.

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Lloyd, Michael. "The cosmic fall and the free will defence." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.286943.

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Peters, Dave. "A program for the Greene Church of the Nazarene on the implications of Christian suffering." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Torr, Stephen Charles. "A dramatic Pentecostal/Charismatic Anti-Theodicy : improvising on a divine performance of lament." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2012. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/3681/.

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By engaging with Kevin Vanhoozer’s Theo-dramatic paradigm for understanding the metanarrative of salvation history, this thesis sets up and answers the question: What does it mean to produce a fitting Pentecostal/Charismatic performance in the face of seemingly innocent, meaningless suffering when God appears to be absent? The answer offered – classified, in reference to previous and current responses to the problem of evil and suffering, as an ‘Anti-Theodicy’ – provides Biblically rooted, systematic guidance for such a performance by proposing an improvisation on the divine command performanc

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Dial, Howard E. "The role of suffering in the life of the Christian." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1992. http://www.tren.com.

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Copeland, Lisa. "A Christian perspective on the religious problem of evil with specific application to the emotional experience of parental divorce in the life of a young adult Christian." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.

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Johnson, John Joseph Patterson Bob E. "Alvin Plantinga's restatement of Augustine's freewill theodicy and its implications for his concept of "warranted" Christian belief." Waco, Tex. : Baylor University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/2104/5313.

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Pigden, John. "Human free will and post-Holocaust theology : a critical appraisal of the way human free will is employed as a theodicy in post-Holocaust theology." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683352.

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Books on the topic "Christian theodicy"

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Zou chu Jidu jiao: Jin ru Jidu. Ye ji chu ban she, 2001.

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Anarchy and Apocalypse: Essays on faith, violence, and theodicy. Cascade Books, 2010.

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At the breaking point: How God helps us through crisis. Campus Life Books, Zondervan Pub. House, 1991.

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Long, Jim. How could God let this happen? CampusLife Books, 1986.

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Arts, Herwig. God, the Christian, and human suffering. Liturgical Press, 1993.

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When God seems far away. Tyndale House, 1988.

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D'Onofrio, Giulio. Vera philosophia: Studies in late antique, early Medieval, and Renaissance Christian thought. Brepols, 2008.

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Looking up when life gets you down. Baker Books, 2012.

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The other tower: An Armenian Christian look [sic] at terrorism. St. James Printing Press, 2002.

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Kriewald, Diedra. Hallelujah anyhow!: Suffering and the Christian community of faith. Published by Mission Education and Cultivation Program Dept. for Women's Division, General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church, 1986.

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Book chapters on the topic "Christian theodicy"

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Ekstrom, Laura W. "A Christian Theodicy." In The Blackwell Companion to the Problem of Evil. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118608005.ch18.

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Bosman, Frank, and Archibald van Wieringen. "COVID-19 and the Secular Theodicy: On Social Distancing, the Death of God and the Book of Job." In The New Common. Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65355-2_7.

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AbstractIn times of great distress, like in the case of the COVID-19 pandemic, people look for relief from the existential threat by searching for some kind of interpretation of the crisis. Some people will look for scapegoats to put the blame on, while others will search for ways by which the crisis can also be perceived as something beneficial.As far as the COVID-19 pandemic goes, earlier this year, media and politicians pointed towards China, where the pandemic started, or to Italy, from where the virus spread over the European continent.Since the beginning of the crisis, we have also been flooded with gurus, motivational speakers, and mindfulness coaches who stimulate us to view the new common as an unexpected but much needed “reboot” of our day-to-day life.Intriguingly enough, these two individual and collective coping strategies are very familiar to those who are acquainted with the Christian philosophical and theological traditions. When confronted with the apparent paradox between the idea of an omnipotent and omnibenevolent deity on the one hand and the experience of everyday pain and suffering on the other hand, Christians have sought for ways to find a satisfactory solution. This is known as theodicy. As the Roman and Christian philosopher Boethius summarized the problem: si Deus, unde malum? “If God exists, wherefrom evil?”

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Demetracopoulos, John A. "In Search of the Pagan and Christian Sources of John of Damascus’ Theodicy. Ammonius, the Son of Hermeias, Stephanus of Athens and John Chrysostom on God’s Foreknowledge and Predestination and Man’s Freewill." In Studies in Byzantine History and Civilization. Brepols Publishers, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1484/m.sbhc-eb.1.100962.

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Swinburne, Richard. "Theodicy in Christian Tradition." In Providence and the Problem of Evil. Oxford University Press, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/0198237987.003.0002.

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Brümmer, Vincent. "Are Theodicy Arguments Convincing?" In Brümmer on Meaning and the Christian Faith. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351162326-21.

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EAGLETON, TERRY. "Is Marxism a Theodicy?" In Can a Good Christian Be a Good Lawyer? University of Notre Dame Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvpg85f8.17.

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"Theodicies of Protest and the Evils of Theodicy." In Christian Understandings of Evil. 1517 Media, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1c84fr6.10.

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Stosch, Klaus von. "Developing Christian Theodicy in Conversation with Navid Kermani." In Comparing Faithfully. Fordham University Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5422/fordham/9780823274666.003.0005.

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Klaus von Stosch observes that many Christian theologians today defend some sort of free will theism or open theism. For Armin Kreiner, William Hasker, and others, the answer to the problem of evil is a free will defence, often combined with a natural law defence. They view revelation as personal communication between God and humankind, and God’s purpose with humankind as to establish and to deepen a relationship of mutual love. This essay gives an outline of Hasker’s account of the problem of evil and shows how Christians can learn from the ideas of the Muslim theologian Navid Kermani. Kermani’s notion of revelation is structured aesthetically, and he draws on the terror as well as the love and beauty of God.

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"The problem of evil and the question of theodicy." In An Introduction to Christian Theology. Cambridge University Press, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511800856.009.

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"4. Developing christian theodicy in conversation with Navid Kermani." In Comparing Faithfully. Fordham University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9780823274697-005.

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