God, Evil, and Human Learning
Subtitle: A Critique and Revision of the Free Will Defense in Theodicy
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: September 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9780791460412
Subjects: Theology; Religion - Theology; Metaphysics; Religion; Religious aspects; Philosophy; Good and evil; Christianity; Free will and determinism; Theodicy
Description: "God, Evil, and Human Learning explores the age-old question: How is it possible to believe in the God of the Christian faith when the world contains so many grievous evils? Author Fred Berthold Jr. examines the most influential argument used by Christian theologians to answer that question, the "free will defense," which holds that God is not responsible for the evil in the world, but that evil arises from the human misuse of free will. He points out the weaknesses of this defense and provides a more adequate concept of free will. Berthold argues that free will is a complex of abilities which are acquired - if acquired - through human learning in the context of experiences of actual goods and evils and their consequences."--BOOK JACKET.