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Divine Power and Evil

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Divine Power and Evil book

A Reply to Process Theodicy

Divine Power and Evil

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Divine Power and Evil book

A Reply to Process Theodicy
ByKenneth K. Pak
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2016
eBook Published 6 April 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315577814
Pages 192 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315577814
SubjectsHumanities
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Pak, K. (2016). Divine Power and Evil. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315577814

Evil perplexes us all and threatens to undermine the meaningfulness of our existence. How can we reconcile the reality of evil with the notion of a God who is perfectly good and powerful? Process theodicy, whose foremost proponent is David Griffin, suggests one answer: because every being possesses its own power of self-determination in order for God to attain the divine aim of higher goodness for the world, God must take the risk of the possibility of evil. Divine Power and Evil responds to Griffin's criticisms against traditional theodicy, assesses the merits of process theodicy, and points out ways in which traditional theism could incorporate a number of Griffin's valuable insights in progressing toward a philosophically and theologically satisfactory theodicy. It provides a new and important contribution to a long-standing debate within philosophy of religion and theology.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|18 pages

God’s Persuasive Power and the Correlations of Value and Power in Process Theism

chapter 2|13 pages

The Process God’s Divine Aim and the Risk of Evil

chapter 3|14 pages

Delimiting the Traditional Notion of Divine Omnipotence

chapter 4|16 pages

Metaphysical Hypotheses and Divine Omnipotence

chapter 5|16 pages

Meaning, Hope and Worshipfulness of the Process God

chapter 6|13 pages

Monistic Power of God in Traditional Theism

chapter 7|18 pages

Incompatibility of Freedom in Free-will Theism

chapter 8|24 pages

Why God Does Not Prevent All Evil

chapter 9|15 pages

Genuine Evil and the Task of the Philosophical Theologian

chapter 10|11 pages

Conclusion: Toward a More Adequate Theodicy

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