Suffering and Soul‐Making:Rethinking John Hick’s Theodicy

John Hick transformed the shape of thinking about theodicy in contemporary philosophical theology with his conception of the world as a "vale of soul-making." Here, Scott focuses on the deeply entrenched classification of Hick's "soul-making" or "person-making" the...

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Published in:The Journal of religion 2010-07, Vol.90 (3), p.313-334
Main Author: Scott, Mark S. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Christianity
Church fathers
Contemporary period
Divinity
Evil
General subjects
Hick, John
History and sciences of religions
Perfection
Philosophers
Philosophy
Philosophy of religion
Religious studies
Soul
Spiritual love
Theodicy
Theology
Universalism
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Summary:John Hick transformed the shape of thinking about theodicy in contemporary philosophical theology with his conception of the world as a "vale of soul-making." Here, Scott focuses on the deeply entrenched classification of Hick's "soul-making" or "person-making" theodicy as "Irenaean" and suggest it has more affinity with Origen than with Irenaeus. Moreover, he argues that when they rethink Hick's theodicy through an Origenian lens, it opens new constructive theological trajectories for addressing the problem of evil and suffering.
ISSN:0022-4189
1549-6538
DOI:10.1086/651707