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- In the philosophy of religion, a theodicy (/θiːˈɒdɪsi/; meaning 'vindication of God', from Ancient Gr**** θεός theos, "god" and δίκη dikē, "justice") is...
- Augustinian theodicy, named for the 4th- and 5th-century theologian and philosopher Augustine of Hippo, is a type of Christian theodicy that developed...
- 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...
- Relating theodicy and the Bible is crucial to understanding Abrahamic theodicy because the Bible "has been, both in theory and in fact, the dominant influence...
- evidential problem, many theodicies have been proposed. One accepted theodicy is to appeal to the strong account of the compensation theodicy. This view holds...
- examining the difference between the theodicies of fortune and misfortune and to what class structures they apply. The theodicy of fortune related to the desire...
- view advanced by the church fathers in their endeavour to formulate a theodicy. [...] The view was repeated by John Damascene – 'Evil is nothing else...
- "Babylonian Theodicy" is a poem written within ancient Babylonia. The poem is inscribed onto clay in the Middle-Babylonian language, which is a form of...
- suffering in the world. Within all of the monotheistic faiths many answers (theodicies) have been proposed. In light of the magnitude of depravity seen in the...
- Nevertheless, in monotheism, the sentiment may arise in the context of theodicy (the problem of evil, the Euthyphro dilemma) or as a rejection or criticism...