Reprint
Theodicy and Challenges of Science
Understanding God, Evil and Evolution
Edited by
August 2022
196 pages
- ISBN 978-3-0365-5187-6 (Hardback)
- ISBN 978-3-0365-5188-3 (PDF)
This is a Reprint of the Special Issue Theodicy and Challenges of Science: Understanding God, Evil and Evolution that was published in
Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities
Summary
This book addresses the challenging and old question of theodicy: If God is infinitely good, how can there be so much pain and suffering in this world? The special emphasis of the articles is on an interdisciplinary approach to this question, taking into account perspectives not only from theology and philosophy, but also from evolutionary theory, biology, medicine, anthropology, cognitive science, and many other related fields. This allowed our thirteen (13) authors to reflect on the intertwining of fundamental concepts such as evolution, nature, suffering, pain, values, evil, and good.