Exploring Old and New Paths in Theodicy
Christopher Southgate's work raises questions about God, evolution, and suffering. In this article, I begin by contributing an alternative to Southgate's only way argument and by offering a third option in speculations about the nature of nonhuman animals in heaven. The second half of th...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2018]
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Zygon
Year: 2018, Volume: 53, Issue: 3, Pages: 727-738 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Southgate, Christopher 1953-
/ Theodicy
/ Theory of evolution
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RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism CF Christianity and Science NBC Doctrine of God |
Further subjects: | B
Christopher Southgate
B Animals B compassionate theodicy B Theodicy B Eschatology B only way B reappraisal |
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Summary: | Christopher Southgate's work raises questions about God, evolution, and suffering. In this article, I begin by contributing an alternative to Southgate's only way argument and by offering a third option in speculations about the nature of nonhuman animals in heaven. The second half of the article starts with Southgate's approach of evolutionary theodicy as an adventure in theology and proposes a new path branching off his work. Compassionate theodicy is a reworking of the method and audience of traditional theodicy in the hope that it might become something that could offer theological resources to those who suffer. |
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ISSN: | 1467-9744 |
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12425 |