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Series:   Elements in the Problems of God

Evil and Theodicy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 January 2023

Laura W. Ekstrom
Laura W. Ekstrom
Affiliation:
William & Mary

Summary

Suffering is ubiquitous. Quests to make sense of it in relation to the existence of God – and to find meaning in our lives in the face of it – are significant aspects of the human experience. Evil and Theodicy motivates the project of theodicy by examining arguments rooted in evil against God's existence and by critically assessing the response of skeptical theism. Ekstrom explores eight different lines of theodicy. She argues that, even if the prospects for theodicy are dim with respect to defending the rationality of theistic belief in light of suffering, nonetheless, work in theodicies is practically useful.
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pointless evilfree willsufferingGodtheodicy
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Series: Elements in the Problems of God
Online ISBN: 9781009293075
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 02 February 2023

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