The deal at the dawn of time
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| Titel: | The deal at the dawn of time |
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| Autoren: | Lembke, Martin |
| Weitere Verfasser: | Lund University, Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, Departments, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Studies in Faith and World Views, Lunds universitet, Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna, Institutioner, Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap, Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap, Originator, Lund University, Joint Faculties of Humanities and Theology, Departments, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lunds universitet, Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna, Institutioner, Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap, Originator |
| Quelle: | Religious Studies: An International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion. :1-16 |
| Schlagwörter: | Humanities and the Arts, Philosophy, Ethics and Religion, History of Religions, Humaniora och konst, Filosofi, etik och religion, Religionshistoria, Religious Studies, Religionsvetenskap |
| Beschreibung: | Being deeply embedded in the mythological framework of old-school Christian angelology, the theodicy presented in this article outlines a thoroughgoing and unexpectedly simple solution to the problem of evil. Unlike other Satan-oriented theodicies, whose central idea is that natural evil is reducible to moral evil by taking the malevolent actions of demons into consideration, it accounts for both natural and moral evil in perfectly familiar deal-making terms. Of particular interest is that it makes no appeal to the overriding importance of free will nor to the inscrutability of God’s ways. Instead it envisions a primordial agreement on which everything depends. If it stands up to scrutiny, it offers an intriguing explanation for why God permits such an awful lot of badness. |
| Zugangs-URL: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0034412525000174 |
| Datenbank: | SwePub |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Being deeply embedded in the mythological framework of old-school Christian angelology, the theodicy presented in this article outlines a thoroughgoing and unexpectedly simple solution to the problem of evil. Unlike other Satan-oriented theodicies, whose central idea is that natural evil is reducible to moral evil by taking the malevolent actions of demons into consideration, it accounts for both natural and moral evil in perfectly familiar deal-making terms. Of particular interest is that it makes no appeal to the overriding importance of free will nor to the inscrutability of God’s ways. Instead it envisions a primordial agreement on which everything depends. If it stands up to scrutiny, it offers an intriguing explanation for why God permits such an awful lot of badness. |
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| ISSN: | 00344125 1469901X |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S0034412525000174 |