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John Hick

British philosopher
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John Hick was a British philosopher known for his work on theodicy, which is the explanation of why an all-good, all-powerful God permits evil to exist. He proposed two main approaches to theodicy within Christian theology: the Augustinian tradition, which views evil as a consequence of Adam and Eve's sin, and the Irenaean view, which sees the world as an environment for human growth and maturation through the experience of both good and evil. Hick's work is central to discussions on the problem of evil.1

It is important to distinguish this John Hick from Sir John R. Hicks, an English economist who won the Nobel Prize for his contributions to economic theory.2

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  2. Sir John R. Hicks

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