An Axiological-Trajectory Theodicy
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DOI: 10.1007/s11841-019-00747-7
Abstract: I develop a new theodicy in defense of Anselmian theism, one that has several advantages over traditional and recent replies to the Problem of Evil. To make my case, I first explain the value of… read more here.
Keywords: trajectory; positive trajectory; order; first order ... See more keywords
Modernity as Theodicy: Odo Marquard Reads Hans Blumenberg's The Legitimacy of the Modern Age
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DOI: 10.1353/jhi.2019.0006
Abstract: Abstract:Especially in the second part of The Legitimacy of the Modern Age, Hans Blumenberg considered philosophical modernity through a reflection on theodicy. Theodicy even appeared here as constitutive for modernity, although this philosophical project of… read more here.
Keywords: modernity; theodicy; legitimacy modern; modern age ... See more keywords
Befriending Job: Theodicy Amid the Ashes
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DOI: 10.1515/opth-2020-0022
Abstract: Abstract What role should theodicy play in the face of loss and acute suffering? Should it keep its distance and remain respectfully silent or should it step forward to illuminate the opaque reality of evil,… read more here.
Keywords: amid ashes; theodicy amid; theodicy; job theodicy ... See more keywords
Theodicy, Useless Suffering, and Compassionate Asymmetry: Primo Levi, Emmanuel Levinas, and Anti-Theodicy
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DOI: 10.3390/rel9040114
Abstract: Emmanuel Levinas declares that we have reached the end of theodicy, but we have not reached the end of discussions and books and special issues on theodicy, and people continue to ask, and answer, the… read more here.
Keywords: end theodicy; theodicy; emmanuel levinas; useless suffering ... See more keywords