Suffering as Theodicy
Publication Type |
Journal Article |
Year of Publication |
2000 |
Author |
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Journal |
Cahiers Simone Weil |
Volume |
23 |
Number |
4 |
Pages |
413-433 |
Language |
French |
Keywords |
God |
Annotation |
Arp begins by outlining the classic ‘problem of evil’ and the need for theodicy in the Christian tradition. He next identities a number of thinkers who argue the experience of suffering is valuable in itself in that it allows the ‘spiritually mature sufferer’ a particular experience of God. He discusses the work of Diogenes Allen and Simone Weill in this regard. After a description of Allen and Weil’s argument, Arp notes what he feels to be a critical shortcoming in it. He then presents the work of Marilyn McCord Adams as providing an important correction to the problem he identifies in Weil and Allen |