God, Power, and Evil: A Process Theodicy

Accordingly actual entities actual occasions actual world affirm apparently evil argue argument Augustine Augustinian Barth says basis believe Berkeley Biblical Brightman Brunner Calvin causation cause Charles Hartshorne Christian conceivable contingent create a world creation creative creatures definition deity deny determined discussion distinction divine doctrine of omnipotence eternal existence experience explicitly facie evil fact faith finite free-will defense freely Furthermore genuine evil God's power Hence Hick says Hick's idea ideal inconsistency intrinsic involved J. L. Mackie Leibniz logically possible Luther Manichaean means moral evil morally perfect natural theology necessarily necessary nothingness notion perfect power perfect reality persons Plotinus position possible worlds present problem of evil process theology providence question reason regard reject premise rejection of premise relation Ross Ross's self-determination sense simply statement suffering suggests theodicy theologians theology things Thomas Thomas Aquinas thought tion traditional doctrine traditional theists unilaterally Whitehead worship