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From: paul@phs.UUCP (Paul C. Dolber)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Theodicy book report
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Date: Wed, 11-Sep-85 14:32:30 EDT
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Some time back, I asked net.religion readers for their responses to
Kaufmann's claim (in "Faith of a Heretic") that it was impossible
for God to simultaneously be omnipotent, infinitely good, and
permit suffering.  One correspondent suggested I might be interested
in "Encountering Evil:  Live Options in Theodicy," edited by Stephen
T. Davis (John Knox Press, Atlanta, 1981).  In this book, each
contributor wrote up a presentation of his theodicy; then afterwards
each examined the theodicies of the others and wrote critiques; then
finally each responded to the critiques of his theodicy.  I found the
book interesting and wrote a "brief" synopsis of it, which I have
posted to net.religion.christian (since all five contributors are
Christians) under the title "Encountering Evil."

Regards, Paul Dolber ( ...{ihnp4, decvax, mcnc} !duke!phs!paul).