Soul-making and social progress
I argue that John Hick’s soul-making theodicy is committed to opposing social progress. By focusing on justifying the current amount and distribution of suffering and evil, Hick’s theodicy ends up having to condemn even positive change as undesirable. First, I give a brief outline of Hick’s theodicy...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature B. V
[2020]
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 88, Issue: 1, Pages: 81-96 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hick, John 1922-2012
/ Theodicy
/ Social progress
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBC Doctrine of God NBE Anthropology |
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