This book serves to correct the now accepted understanding of Irenaeus's theodicy. This assumption of Hick's theodicy as legitimately "Irenaean" remains due the gulf between Irenaean scholarship and discussion of the problem of evil. The present work offers a bridge between the two to allow for the
John Hickβs Theodicy: A Process Humanist Critique
β Scribed by C. Robert Mesle (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 168
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Smallpox Fallacy: Struggling with Suffering and Meaning....Pages 3-15
Does God Hide from Us?....Pages 16-22
Freedom, Values and Theodicy....Pages 23-43
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
The Problem of Genuine Evil....Pages 47-65
Does God Hide from Us? Faith, Freedom and Theodicy....Pages 66-85
Hickβs Interpretation of Religion....Pages 86-93
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Considering Alternatives....Pages 97-114
Response to Mesle John Hick....Pages 115-134
Back Matter....Pages 135-141
β¦ Subjects
Christian Theology
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