"I Will Show You My Faith by My Works": Addressing the Nexus between Philosophical Theodicy and Human Suffering and Loss in Contexts of 'Natural' Disaster

As a practical theologian and researcher in the field of 'natural' disasters, as well as being a disaster responder chaplain, I am often confronted by, and have to confront, the nexus between theology/philosophy and "real life" in extremely traumatic contexts. The extreme sufferi...

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Main Author: Philip Abbott, Roger (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2019]
In: Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-17
Further subjects:B Practical Theology
B Social Justice
B Evil
B Disaster
B philosophical theodicy
B Suffering
B Anthropodicy
B Practical Theodicy
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