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A Theodicy for a Suffering World with a Hidden God
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2024
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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 is determined by the will of God—and with the possibility that human beings are entirely physical in nature. It affirms that all creatures capable of suffering will eventually enjoy a life of eternal happiness and shows that it is plausible that, if God allows suffering in such a creature, there is an outweighing good that he can bring about in the life of that creature. Pegan’s theodicy is compatible with the claim that the world is unsurpassably good. It assumes value realism but could be revised in a way that preserves its framework and main substance while assuming value antirealism.
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Copyright year
2024
ISBN-Print
978-1-66692-426-8
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-2427-5
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
228
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
The Christian Account of Cosmos No access Pages 1 - 28
Naturally Fitting Origins and Histories No access Pages 29 - 46
Human Nature, Early Humans, and a Natural Capacity to be Connected to God through Our Hearts No access Pages 47 - 68
More on Miracles, Angels, and Demons No access Pages 69 - 92
A World Actualizer Essentially Unsurpassable in Power, Knowledge, Goodness, and Rationality No access Pages 93 - 112
It Is Plausible the Christian History of Cosmos Is Free of Improvable Creation Circumstances No access Pages 113 - 134
It Is Plausible the Christian History of Cosmos Is Free of Improvable Creation Circumstances No access Pages 135 - 166
It Is Plausible God Would Actualize a World That Includes the Christian History of Cosmos No access Pages 167 - 190
Revising the Theodicy to Accommodate Different Beliefs and Other Final Points No access Pages 191 - 214
