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Resolving The Problem Of Evil: A Biblical Theodicy of Omnibenevolence & Suffering
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ISBN13: 9798297321335
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.72
Height: 0.63 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Resolving the Problem of Evil: A Formally Reasoned Theodicy presents a step-by-step, analytic pathway that invites rigorous evaluation. Each definition is explicit, each inference is shown, and every conclusion is grounded in Scripture (Sola Scriptura) while remaining in broad continuity with the Christian philosophical tradition.
WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER:
- A logically consistent theodicy demonstrating how a perfectly good and all-powerful God can coexist with real, pervasive evil and suffering-without weakening either divine goodness or power.
- Sharp distinctions between the logical and evidential problems of evil, including focused treatments of moral evil, natural evil, and so-called gratuitous evil.
- A precise map of core concepts-evil, harm, suffering, permission, causation-so debates don't collapse into equivocation.
- How classical and contemporary responses (privation accounts, soul-making, greater-good reasoning, and more) integrate into a unified, testable framework.
- Biblically reasoned conclusions that cohere with God's unwavering goodness across the canon, with careful attention to key passages and doctrinal implications.
- Analytically transparent arguments you can follow line by line-open to acceptance or refutation strictly on the merits.
- Define evil (moral, natural, and suffering-related) in its fullest, most precise sense.
- Define God's omnibenevolence and omnipotence in their fullest, absolute sense.
- Employ formal logic and analytic philosophy to keep the reasoning clear, transparent, and testable.
- Show broad consistency with the historic Christian philosophical tradition (no radical novelty for novelty's sake).
- Remain completely faithful to Scripture-Sola Scriptura governs both premises and conclusions.
- Professors and graduate students in Christian theology, analytic philosophy of religion, and biblical studies.
- Seminary faculty and doctoral candidates researching divine goodness, providence, suffering, and theodicy.
- Formally trained pastors and theologians with academic backgrounds seeking a rigorously argued, Scripture-anchored framework.
- Christian philosophers and apologists who work with formal logic and want line-by-line, analytically transparent arguments.
Note: This text presumes familiarity with formal logic, classical theodicy, and analytic philosophy of religion.
If you're ready to move beyond either/or compromises and see how God's perfect goodness coheres with the existence of evil without contradiction, this book provides the clarity you've been missing.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:1: Argument Summary
2: Beings & Intrinsic Qualities
3: Defining the Core Concepts
4: The Natures of God and Man
5: Nature Determines Perception
6: Incompatibility of Frames and Terms
7: The Many Beings Fallacy
8: A New Foundation
9: The True Source of Tension
10: The Ontology of the Framework
11: Defining Frame Specific Terms
12: Resolving the Problem of Evil
13: Resolving the Evidential PoE
14: Resolving the Problem of Natural Evil
15: Conclusions on Human Suffering
16: Conclusions on Salvation
17: Conclusion on Final Judgement
18: Conclusions on the Problem of Hell
19: On Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit
20: Resolving Relativism & Absolutism
21: Conclusions on the Nature of Heaven
22: Augustine on Evil
23: Thomistic Perspectives on Evil
24: Calvin on the Problem of Evil
25: Hume on the Problem of Evil
26: Conclusions on Theodicy Buy Resolving the Problem of Evil now and start reading today!
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