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Theodicy beyond the death of 'God': the persisting problem of evil (1st)

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True theodicy is partly a theoretical corrective to evangelistic impatience: discounting the distortions arising from over-eager salesmanship. And partly it is a work of poetic intensification, dedicated to faith's necessary struggle against resentment.

This book contains a systematic survey of the classic theoretical-corrective theodicy tradition initiated, in the early 17th century, by Jakob Böhme.

Two centuries later, Böhme's lyrical thought is translated into rigorous philosophical terms by Schelling; and is, then, further, set in context by Hegel's doctrine of providence at work in world history.

The old 'God' of mere evangelistic impatience is, as Hegel sees things, 'dead'. And so theodicy is liberated, to play its proper role: illustrated here with particular reference to the book of Job, the post-Holocaust poetry of Nelly Sachs, and the thought of Simone Weil.

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Routledge
1351607200 / 9781351607209
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231.8
02/02/2018
England
English
234 pages
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