- In the
philosophy of religion, a
theodicy (/θiːˈɒdɪsi/;
meaning 'vindication of God', from
Ancient Gr**** θεός theos, "god" and δίκη dikē, "justice") is...
- 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...
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evidential problem, many
theodicies have been proposed. One
accepted theodicy is to
appeal to the
strong account of the
compensation theodicy. This view holds...
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Augustinian theodicy,
named for the 4th- and 5th-century
theologian and
philosopher Augustine of Hippo, is a type of
Christian theodicy that developed...
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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...
- "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...
- 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...
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Evolutionary theodicies are
responses to the
question of
animal suffering as an
aspect of the
problem of evil.
These theodicies ****ert that a universe...
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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...
