Pragmatic realism, religious truth, and antitheodicy : on viewing the world by acknowledging the other /
Both as a traditional theological issue and in its broader secular varieties, theodicy remains a problem in the philosophy of religion. In this book, Professor Sami Pihlström provides a novel critical reassessment of the theodicy discourse addressing the problem of evil and suffering. He develops an...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Helsinki] :
HUP, Helsinki University Press,
2020.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Both as a traditional theological issue and in its broader secular varieties, theodicy remains a problem in the philosophy of religion. In this book, Professor Sami Pihlström provides a novel critical reassessment of the theodicy discourse addressing the problem of evil and suffering. He develops an antitheodicist view, arguing that theodicies seeking to render apparently meaningless suffering meaningful or justified from a "God's-Eye-View" ultimately rely on metaphysical realism failing to recognize the individual perspective of the sufferer. Pihlström thus shows that a pragmatist approach to the realism issue in the philosophy of religion is a vital starting point for a re-evaluation of the problem of theodicy. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (195 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-185) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789523690059 9523690051 |