Abstract This article leverages ethnographic research on spiritual journeys to expand traditional definitions of theodicy. Embodied theodicy builds upon embodiment literature demonstrate how bodily experiences have real emotional consequences—they the potential change individuals make sense their suffering. Whereas in some cases experience pain leads suffering, others, provides with perspective...

This paper explores the implications for modern economic thought of debate on Theodicy, i.e., coexistence a good, almighty God and worldly evils. In 17th century, this problem was raised by Pierre Bayle. The analysis focuses 18th century Italian school Civil economy represented Antonio Genovesi. Our argument is that Genovesi, Giambattista Vico before him, reacted to Bayle’s Manichaean Atheistic...

Abstract This article outlines and defends an ‘Integral Advaitic’ theodicy that takes its bearings from the thought of three modern Indian mystics: Sri Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda, Aurobindo. Their Integral Advaitic has two key dimensions: a doctrine spiritual evolution panentheistic metaphysics. God created this world as arena for our moral in which evil suffering are necessary good. The pr...

Pain and suffering are prima facie bad things. They are widespread. So the traditional argument against theism (the argument from evil) starts with them. Defendants of God’s goodness either have to explain why there is evil (i.e. offer a theodicy) or have at least to show that the argument from evil has no force against theism. Alvin Pantinga (1985) distinguishes between offering a (positive) t...

This paper presents a justification for Christian theodicy. It starts by critiquing William H. Gass’s depiction of Christianity as superstitious, ignorant, and evil. shows that his view is based on caricature (that is, God quasi-gnostic Demiurge) the understanding evil totally ignores misses contributions (what I call) Classical View theodicy within intellectual tradition from Origen to Karl Ba...