Parallax Theology: Reframing Compensation Theodicy

The reality of suffering and the existence of natural and moral evils appear to present significant obstacles to the doctrine of God’s omnipotence, omniscience, and omnibenevolence. Theodicy is an attempt to resolve the problem of evil. One formerly prominent theodicean response can be termed “compe...

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Main Author: Shammas, Victor L. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 8
Further subjects:B afterlife theodicy
B parallax
B Compensation
B Theodicy
B problem of evil
B Suffering
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