Objecting to theodicy and the legitimacy of protesting against evil
The Lisbon earthquake of 1755 and the concomitant debates among eighteenth-century intellectuals set the stage for the modern project of theodicy - the task of reconciling the existence and goodness of God with the reality of evil. Yet the validity of the enterprise was questioned by writers such as...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Paternoster Press
[2017]
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Science & Christian belief
Year: 2017, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-19 |
| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBH Iberian Peninsula NBC Doctrine of God |
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Anti-theodicy
B Natural Evil B CHRISTIAN apologetics B Earthquakes B Theodicy B TRUTHFULNESS & falsehood B Lament B protest atheism B Solidarity B Suffering B Business enterprises B Lisbon earthquake |