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The Problem of Evil: Key Words
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- 1TheodicyA philosophical attempt to solve the problem of evil. Comes from the words, Theos, God, and Dike, righteous.
- 2G. Leibniz (1646-1716)The first to coin the word ‘Theodicy’.
- 3TheologyReasoned thinking about God, based on Scripture.
- 4Moral EvilThe evil that is due to human wrongdoing
- 5Natural EvilThe evil that results from natural phenomena (eg, tidal waves).
- 6Augustine (354-430)Founder of the ‘Augustinian Theodicy’.
- 7City of GodAugustine’s book, in which his theodicy appears.
- 8Privation/ Privatio boniA lack of something. Augustine claims evil is a lack of good.
- 9Plato (428-348 BCE)Ancient Greek philosopher who also considered evil a privation.
- 10Adam and EveOriginal couple, according to the Biblical Book of Genesis.
- 11St. PaulBiblical writer whose theology underlies Augustine’s theodicy.
- 12F. Schleiermacher (1768-1834)German thinker who criticised Augustine by saying that God must be ultimately responsible for the universe going wrong.
- 13David Stewart (20th C)Claimed Hell is an inappropriate punishment for original sin.
- 14Karen Armstrong (21stc)Claimed Augustine had misunderstood the Adam & Eve story.
- 15Irenaeus (130-202 CE)Founder of the Irenaean Theodicy.
- 16Adversus HaeresesIrenaeus’ book, in which his theodicy appears.
- 17Two-stage creationAccording to Irenaeus, humans are created ‘immature’, and in the 2nd stage of creation, grow to become like God.
- 18Epistemic distanceA distance in the dimension of knowledge. If I only know vaguely about you, I am at an epistemic distance from you.
- 19John Hick (1922-2012)A modern supporter of Irenaeus’ Theodicy.
- 20The ‘Vale of Soul-Making’ TheodicyJohn Hick’s modern version of Irenaeus’ Theodicy, named after Keats. The world is a place where souls are ‘made’.
- 21Majority/ minority reportAccording to Hick, the Augustinian Theodicy is the Majority Report (main belief) of the West. Irenaean = Minority Report.
- 22BiosFor Hick, our bodily, animal nature.
- 23ZoeFor Hick, our spiritual nature.
- 24Ab initio creationA one-off creation of humans, in Hick’s thinking.
- 25David Hume (1711-1776)Hume said God could not be perfect: the world is like a badly-designed house.
- 26FallacyA logical error.
- 27Edward H Madden and Peter H HareAccuse Hick of the ‘All or Nothing’ Fallacy, in their 1968 book, Evil and the Concept of God.
- 28‘All or Nothing’ FallacyThe error of thinking God had to either choose this world, or a hedonistic paradise, with no alternatives.
- 29DZ Phillips (21st C)Claims that it would never be acceptable to hurt someone to help them.
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