Problems of Evil and the Power of God

ISBN-13: 9781032243474 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 186 str.

James A. Keller

Opis

Why do bad things happen, even to good people? If there is a God, why aren't God's existence and God's will for humans more apparent? And if God really does miracles for some people, why not for others? This book examines these three problems of evil - suffering, divine hiddenness, and unfairness if miracles happen as believers claim - to explore h

Recenzje

’... clearly written, carefully argued and eminently fair to opponents... This is an impressive work.’ International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion 'All of this is fascinating stuff, whether one is a philosopher or not. For the most part, the book [...] is systematic and engaging. Those of us who fled philosophy in terror of texts that suddenly break out into arcane mathematical equations can rest easy! Keller writes well. ... [His] book will hopefully invite us all to think more critically about God and the problem of evil.' Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae ’This book successfully demonstrates that theodicy is not restricted to human suffering, a point that needs constant reiterating, in view of the vast amount of suffering and the small percentage that humans make up of creation. Because pain, suffering, and extinction are intrinsic to the evolutionary process, the world that is ’good’ is also a world that is groaning in travail and subjected by God to this travail. This is a welcome addition to the literature regarding theodicy.’ Heythrop

Spis treści

Preface, James A. Keller; Chapter 1 Introduction, James A. Keller; Chapter 2 The Traditional Problem of Evil: Suffering and Evil Actions, James A. Keller; Chapter 3 Another Problem of Evil: Divine Hiddenness, James A. Keller; Chapter 4 Miracles as a Problem of Evil, James A. Keller; Chapter 5 The Ignorance Defense, James A. Keller; Chapter 6 Identifying, Interpreting, and Certifying Revelation, James A. Keller; Chapter 7 Should God's Power be Understood as Omnipotence?, James A. Keller; Chapter 8 A Process Christian Theism and the Problems of Evil, James A. Keller;

O autorze

James A. Keller, Ph.D. Yale University, is Samuel Pate Gardner Professor of Philosophy and Department Chair at Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC. He is Book Review Editor for the International Journal for Philosophy of Religion.