A Compensatory Response to the Problem of Evil
In this essay, I affirm the univocity thesis while discussing some alternative positions that avoid the problem of evil by rejecting the univocity thesis. I reject Sterba’s assumption that God’s governance of creation is adequately understood as an analogy to good governance of a politically liberal...
| Published in: | Religions |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Religions
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James Sterba
B Marilyn McCord Adams B univocity thesis B Duns Scotus B Karl Barth B doctrine of divine transcendence B compensatory response to the problem of evil B Thomas Aquinas B Brian Davies B Horrendous evils |
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| Summary: | In this essay, I affirm the univocity thesis while discussing some alternative positions that avoid the problem of evil by rejecting the univocity thesis. I reject Sterba’s assumption that God’s governance of creation is adequately understood as an analogy to good governance of a politically liberal democracy. I suggest that Sterba’s commitment to the Pauline principle forces a dilemma between significant human freedom and meticulous divine intervention. Finally, I argue that the existence of horrendous evils is logically compatible with the existence of a good God, given a compensatory response to the problem of evil. |
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| ISSN: | 2077-1444 |
| Reference: | Kommentar in "Sixteen Contributors (2021)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religions
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3390/rel12050347 |