A Theodicy for a Suffering World with a Hidden God
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A Theodicy for a Suffering World with a Hidden God

  1. 245 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Theodicy for a Suffering World with a Hidden God

About this book

If God exists, why is there so much pain and suffering, and why isn't his existence more obvious? In A Theodicy for a Suffering World with a Hidden God, Philip Pegan develops a theodicy in answer to these questions. This theodicy is consistent with theological determinism—the belief that everything that happens is determined by the will of God—and with the possibility that human beings are entirely physical in nature. It affirms all creatures capable of suffering will eventually enjoy a life of eternal happiness, demonstrating the plausibility of the notion that if God allows suffering in a creature, there is an outweighing good He can bring about in the creature's life only if He allows for such suffering. Pegan's theodicy is compatible with the claim that the world is unsurpassably good. It assumes value realism, but could be revised without fundamentally altering the framework or main substance of the theodicy, while assuming value antirealism

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Information

Publisher
Lexington Books
Year
2024
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9798216337430
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Christian Theology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. The Christian Account of Cosmos
  6. Naturally Fitting Origins and Histories
  7. Human Nature, Early Humans, and a Natural Capacity to be Connected to God through Our Hearts
  8. More on Miracles, Angels, and Demons
  9. A World Actualizer Essentially Unsurpassable in Power, Knowledge, Goodness, and Rationality
  10. It Is Plausible the Christian History of Cosmos Is Free of Improvable Creation Circumstances
  11. It Is Plausible the Christian History of Cosmos Is Free of Improvable Creation Circumstances
  12. It Is Plausible God Would Actualize a World That Includes the Christian History of Cosmos
  13. Revising the Theodicy to Accommodate Different Beliefs and Other Final Points
  14. References
  15. Index
  16. About the Author

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