Against Theodicy: A Response to Peter Forrest

In responding to Peter Forrest’s defence of ‘tough-minded theodicy’, I point to some problematic features of theodicies of this sort, in particular their commitment to an anthropomorphic conception of God which tends to assimilate the Creator to the creaturely and so diminishes the otherness and mys...

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Main Author: Trakakis, N. N. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Netherlands 2010
In: Sophia
Year: 2010, Volume: 49, Issue: 1, Pages: 129-140
Further subjects:B Peter Forrest
B Anti-theodicy
B problem of evil
B Anthropomorphism
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Summary:In responding to Peter Forrest’s defence of ‘tough-minded theodicy’, I point to some problematic features of theodicies of this sort, in particular their commitment to an anthropomorphic conception of God which tends to assimilate the Creator to the creaturely and so diminishes the otherness and mystery of God. This remains the case, I argue, even granted Forrest’s view that God may have a very different kind of morality from the one we mortals are subject to.
ISSN:1873-930X
Contains:Enthalten in: Sophia
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11841-009-0150-3