1st Edition
Theodicy Beyond the Death of 'God' The Persisting Problem of Evil
By Andrew Shanks
Copyright 2018
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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True theodicy is partly a theoretical corrective to evangelistic impatience: discounting the distortions arising from over-eager salesmanship. And partly it is a work of poetic intensification, dedicated to faith’s necessary struggle against resentment. This book contains a systematic survey of the classic theoretical-corrective theodicy tradition initiated, in the early Seventeenth... Read more
Introduction 1 Hegel’s Riddle: truth-as-openness, a temperate theodicean ideal 2 Hegel versus Nietzsche: truth-as-openness, a (small ‘c’) catholic theodicean ideal, without manipulation 3 God / Godhead / ‘God’: truth-as-openness, a modestly patient theodicean ideal 4 Job redux: truth-as-openness, a poetically exposed theodicean ideal Conclusion
Biography
Andrew Shanks is Canon Emeritus of Manchester Cathedral, UK. He is widely published in the field of religion, theology and philosophy, having written more than 10 monographs including Hegel and Religious Faith (2011) and Hegel versus ‘Inter-faith Dialogue’ (2015).
