theodicy: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, Theodicy: Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man, and the Origin of Evil, ed. by Austin Farrer (1951, reissued 2001; originally published in French, 1710), is a classic discussion of theodicy. Alvin Plantinga, God, Freedom, and Evil (1974), distinguishes between a theodicy and a defense. Richard Swinburne, Providence and the Problem of Evil (1998), is an ambitious attempt by a contemporary philosopher of religion to sketch a possible theodicy.
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| Add new Web site: Hartford Institute for Religion Research - Theodicy. | May 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Theodicy (PDF). | Mar 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Theodicy (PDF). | Mar 03, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Theodicies. | Oct 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: PhilArchive - Theodicies in Christian Thought. | Sep 03, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Theodicy. | Jun 14, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Dallas Baptist University - Theodicy: An Overview. | Jan 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Theodicies as a Response to the Problem of Evil (Tom Metcalf). | Nov 21, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Theodicy and End-of-Life Care. | Feb 17, 2023 | ||
| Image added. | Mar 05, 2015 | ||
| Image removed. | Mar 05, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Theodicy. | Mar 28, 2011 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Nov 26, 2008 | ||
| New article added. | Nov 26, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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