Titre : | The Puzzle of Evil |
Auteurs : | Peter Vardy, Auteur |
Type de document : | texte imprimé |
Editeur : | Londres : Fount (an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers), 1992 |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-00-627638-8 |
Format : | 205 p. |
Langues: | Anglais |
Index. décimale : | DB (Théodicée; Dieu et la question du mal; la violence dans la Bible) |
Résumé : |
In Christian belief, God is all powerful and completely good. Evil is, therefore, a puzzle because it seems to deny either God's power or his goodness. Is God too weak to do anything about suffering in the world? Or perhaps he is not really good after all? It is a riddle of logic but, more than that, an issue of genuine bewilderment and pain.
The Puzzle of Evil explains step by step the arguments advanced by believers and non-believers, drawing on the work of different writers. Philosophers, theologians and countless ordinary people have grappled with this complex subject for centuries. Peter Vardy, a gifted communicator, helps us plot a way through the issues in clear and straightforward language. |
Note de contenu : |
- Letter to the Reader - PART I - THE PROBLEM OF EVIL 1. The Problem Stated 2. A God’s Eye View 3. The Free Will Defence: (i) The Free Will Defence outlined (ii) The nature of freedom (iii) The Utopia Thesis (iv) The FWD defended 4. Natural Evil (i) The Devil and natural evil (ii) Is this the best of all possible worlds? (iii) Matter as evil 5. Is It All Worth It? 6. Conclusion to the Problem of Evil - PART II - THE MYSTERY OF EVIL 7. Introduction 8. The Euthyphro Dilemma 9. Albrecht Ritschl - Absolute Value Judgements 10. God Almighty 11. Can God Act in the World? 12. Animal Suffering and Physical Evil 13. Moral Evil - Job and Ivan 14. The Devil and All His Works 15. The Challenge of Freedom - 16. Conclusion |
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