Religious responses to the problem of evil are concerned with reconciling the existence of evil and suffering with an omnipotent, omnibenevolent, and...

context. Responses to the problem of evil have traditionally been in three types: refutations, defenses, and theodicies. The problem of evil is generally...

The Irenaean theodicy is a Christian theodicy (a response to the problem of evil). It defends the probability of an omnipotent and omnibenevolent (all-powerful...

argument that attempts to resolve the problem of evil that arises when all power and all goodness are simultaneously ascribed to God. Unlike a defence...

problem of hell is "a version of" the problem of evil. He defines the problem of hell: "if there is an omniperfect God—one that necessarily has the perfection...

of God and the Problem of Evil." Religious Studies, vol. 35, no. 3, 1999, pp. 331–352. Hick, John. An Interpretation of Religion: Human Responses to the...

against the theological problem of evil. The argument goes that the free will defense can only justify the presence of moral evil in light of an omnibenevolent...

of religion, mainly in context of the problem of evil and theodical responses to such, although even in said contexts the phrases "perfect goodness" and...

inferred to be the analogue of evil in it. In response to the practices of Nazi Germany, Hannah Arendt concluded that "the problem of evil would be the fundamental...

in the Study of Religion at Harvard University in 1994. His dissertation was entitled "I Wonder as I Wander: An Examination of the Problem of Evil in...

four-episode fifth and final season, which is set to premiere the week after the end of season 4. Evil has received critical acclaim, with particular praise...

The problem of religious language considers whether it is possible to talk about God meaningfully if the traditional conceptions of God as being incorporeal...

characterization of evil as presented in his "A Response to the Problem of an ‘Evil God’ as Raised by Stephen Law", John Zande argued that maximum evil (identified...

to protect against it have been found dating to about 5,000 years ago. It is estimated that around 40% of the world's population believes in the evil...

against the logical problem of evil as formulated by the philosopher J. L. Mackie beginning in 1955. Mackie's formulation of the logical problem of evil argued...

manifestation of evil. Theodicy attempts to resolve the evidential problem of evil by reconciling the traditional divine characteristics of omnibenevolence...

Its object was to solve the problem of evil, that is, to reconcile the existence of evil and suffering in the world with the existence of a perfectly good...

The presence of all these properties in a single entity has given rise to considerable theological debate, prominently including the problem of evil,...

enable our lives, and all of life, and that cause all things to be are as they are. As such, nature can prompt religious responses, which can vary for each...

The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami? is a short book from 2005 about theodicy and the problem of evil by David Bentley Hart, an Orthodox...

theodicy that developed in response to the evidential problem of evil. As such, it attempts to explain the probability of an omnipotent (all-powerful)...

way to solve the problem of evil. Alston, grappling with the consequences of analytic philosophy of language, worked on the nature of religious language...

it?" Ned is unable to answer this paradox. Philosophy portal Religion portal Gödel's incompleteness theorems Problem of evil List of paradoxes "אמונות...

inconsistency between the existence of God and a world in which people fail to recognize him. It is similar to the classic argument from evil in affirming an...

ISBN 978-0-19-958043-9 Simplicity as Evidence of Truth, The Aquinas Lecture, 1997 Providence and the Problem of Evil, 1998 (part 4 of his tetralogy on Christian Doctrines)...

University, concentrated on the so-called 'evidential problem of evil', that is, the problem of determining whether the existence of human and animal suffering...

monotheism, the sentiment may arise in the context of theodicy (the problem of evil, the Euthyphro dilemma) or as a rejection or criticism of particular...

series. Religious responses to Harry Potter have not all been negative. "At least as much as they've been attacked from a theological point of view," notes...

question of the problem of evil. While there are secular responses to the problem, the problem of evil is primarily a challenge to Christianity. The Christian...

of God with the existence of evil and suffering. In so doing, they are confronting what is known as the problem of evil. One solution to the problem of...