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Hick, John, 1922-2012.

Evil and the god of love / John Hick.

New ed. / foreword by Marilyn McCord Adams.

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, c2010.

xx, 389 p. ; 22 cm.

When first published, Evil and the God of Love instantly became recognized as a modern theological classic, widely viewed as the most important work on the problem of evil to appear in English for more than a generation. It has continued to be at the centre of discussions ever since. This reissue of the work includes a new preface by the author. -- Publisher description.

Theodicy.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Introductory. The problem and its terms -- The two poles of thought : monism and dualism -- Pt. 2. The Augustinian type of theodicy. The Fountainhead : St. Augustine : evil as privation of good stemming from misused freedom -- The Fountainhead : St. Augustine : the principle of plentitude and the aesthetic theme -- Catholic thought from Augustine to the present day -- The problem of evil in reformed thought -- Eighteenth-century 'optimism' -- Dividing the light from the darkness -- Pt. 3. The Irenaean type of theodicy. Sin and the fall according to the Hellenistic fathers -- The Irenaean type of theodicy in Schleiermacher -- The two theodicies : contrasts and agreements -- Pt. 4. A theodicy for today. The starting point -- Moral evil -- Pain -- Suffering -- The kingdom of God and the will of God -- Recent work on the problem of evil.

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