Monotheism and the Suffering of Animals in Nature

ISBN-13: 9781108948685 / Miękka / 2023 / 75 str.

Christopher (University of Exeter) Southgate

Opis

Monotheists confessing a loving creator confront nature red in tooth and claw. This Element gives fresh insight into this problem.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Monotheism and suffering; 2. Clarifying the problem; 3. Applying approaches to the problem of evil to animal suffering; 4. Theodical moves in the Christian tradition, and the challenge of Darwinism; 5. Fall-event-based theodicies; 6. Process theodicy and free-process arguments; 7. Only-way arguments; 8. Self-emptying and cruciform creation; 9. Questions of providence and divine co-suffering; 10. Forms of redemption and immortality for non-human creatures; 11. Combining strategies; 12. Speculative proposal I – influenced by Plato's Timaeus; 13. Speculative proposal II – creaturely resistance and angelic rebellion; Conclusion.