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Wang, Kenneth T., Krista J. Cowan, Cynthia B. Eriksson, Matthew Januzik, and Moriah R. Conant. "Religious Views of Suffering Profile Groups during COVID-19." Religions 13, no. 5 (2022): 453. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel13050453.

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Religion plays an important role in making sense of adversity, and individuals hold varying beliefs about God’s role in suffering (theodicy). This study examined the association between individuals’ theodicies at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and outcomes of their religiousness and psychological well-being. The first aim was to classify participants into profile groups based on theodicy. The second aim was to compare the groups on religious commitment, COVID-19 stress, anxiety, and psychological well-being. Theodicy was measured with the Views of Suffering Scale among 233 participants

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T, Gomathi, and Dhanalakshmi V. "Moral Views of Thiruvarutpa From Vallalar’s Point of View." International Research Journal of Tamil 4, no. 4 (2022): 36–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.34256/irjt2244.

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Ramalinga Adigalar is credited with giving clarity and simplicity to Tamil poetry, which has been rich for more than 20 centuries and brought about a positive turn in the last century. It guides mankind to be completely liberated from suffering without getting buried in religion and philosophy. Vallalar's divine policy was in a manner that alleviated the sufferings of the poor and needy. It was aimed at freeing people from superstition. His religious policy was neither blind nor crude. His doctrine of God arising out of the practice of Saivam led him to the path of pure righteousness and guide

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SHEA, MATTHEW, and C. P. RAGLAND. "God, evil, and occasionalism." Religious Studies 54, no. 2 (2017): 265–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0034412517000129.

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AbstractIn a recent paper, Alvin Plantinga defends occasionalism against an important moral objection: if God is the sole direct cause of all the suffering that results from immoral human choices, this causal role is difficult to reconcile with God's perfect goodness. Plantinga argues that this problem is no worse for occasionalism than for any of the competing views of divine causality; in particular, there is no morally relevant difference between God directly causing suffering and God indirectly causing it. First, we examine Plantinga's moral parity argument in detail and offer a critical e

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Резвых, Т. Н. "The End of Theodicy: Semyon Frank and Others." Христианское чтение, no. 2 (May 1, 2024): 179–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.47132/1814-5574_2024_2_179.

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В статье рассматривается развитие проблемы теодицеи во 2‑й пол. XX в. Сначала кратко описывается теодицея у блж. Августина. Согласно ему всемогущество Бога и наличие зла совместимы друг с другом. Рассматриваются взгляды некоторых современных сторонников августиновской теодицеи (Р. Суинберн и Дж. Хик). Затем исследуется эволюция теодицеи у С. Л. Франка. В статье показывается, что сначала Франк развивал августиновскую теодицею, но в ходе Второй мировой войны пересмотрел свои взгляды. Франк отказался от идеи всемогущества Бога и от теодицеи. Далее описаны взгляды Ю. Мольтмана, который пришел к мы

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Siswadi, Gede Agus. "Studi Komparasi Pemikiran Søren Aabye Kierkegaard dan John Hick tentang Makna Kejahatan dan Penderitaan dalam Relasi Manusia dengan Tuhan." Sphatika: Jurnal Teologi 14, no. 1 (2023): 43–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.25078/sphatika.v14i1.2565.

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The problem of the existence of evil and suffering experienced by humans will always give birth to reflections and philosophical thoughts. This will raise the question of where does the suffering and evil that befell human life in the world come from? These various questions will lead to a discussion of God's relation to the existence of this evil and suffering. Because of course this will bring up contradictions from the attributes of God “Good God”, “Omnipotent”, “Omniscient” when suffering and evil are still rampant as if God is not good, incapable, and does not know suffering exists. There

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Djogo, Emanuel. "Tinjauan Permasalahan Teodise Kitab Ayub dan Relevansinya terhadap Penderita HIV/AIDS." MELINTAS 33, no. 3 (2018): 342–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.26593/mel.v33i3.3076.342-369.

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Suffering is not by any means a new phenomenon for human beings. Human and suffering are of one reality in life throughout the world. In the light of religious views, the phenomenon of suffering inexplicitly affirms the position of God as central within human life. Job’s suffering in the Christian Scriptures was narrated to contradict directly the ancient laws of retribution in the Old Testament tradition. The Author of the Book of Job seems to insinuate that suffering is not so much an effect of sin as a mystery of God. God is not the cause of suffering. Job’s misfortune draws the attention o

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Hidayat, Elvin Atmaja. "Memaknai Penderitaan Secara Kristiani." Perspektif 12, no. 1 (2016): 13–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.69621/jpf.v12i1.84.

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Suffering is a reality that everyone endures as an integral part of his/her life. As the part of human life, suffering is inevitable. For some people, suffering shakes their faith in the Benevolent God. They asked, “Why does not God eliminate the suffering if He is benevolent and omnipotent?” This paper is going to persuade the Christians to make sense of their suffering by examining the views of Scripture and the documents of the Church (especially Salvifici Doloris). Both sources show that there are a lot of meanings behind the suffering. From such explanations, we would say that suffering a

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Nggebu, Sostenis. "BENARKAH DOSA MENJADI PENYEBAB KESENGSARAAN AYUB?" Apostolos: Journal of Theology and Christian Education 1, no. 1 (2021): 34–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.52960/a.v1i1.5.

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ABSTRACT The goal of this article is to criticize the views of the three friends of Job who regarded Job's suffering caused by his crimes. They insisted that Job confess his sins to restore by God. By using the method of literature studied the author tried to answer this problem in biblically theologically. From this study the author found out the fact that God Himself proved the opposite truth. That Satan was a liar because he thought Job would curse towards God if Job was impoverished and made miserable. In other words, Job's suffering was not related to his personal sin or crimes as h

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Cohoe, Caleb M. "Endurance, Acceptance, or Constitutional Gratitude: Non-Theistic and Theistic Attitudes to Suffering." Religions 13, no. 10 (2022): 1005. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel13101005.

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Against those who think that only believers in a personal God are entitled to be grateful for their existence and for reality itself (cosmic gratitude), I show that there are non-theistic views on which everything that happens is part of an overall good order, supporting gratitude toward that order’s source. However, most non-theist views that affirm reality’s goodness, including pantheism, axiarchism, and ultimism, hold that an individual’s existence has value as part of a larger whole. Some things may be bad for me but good for the whole. In such cases, acceptance is the best available posit

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Chandra, Robby Igusti. "When the Mystics Embrace Love: Comparing the Insights of Yunus Emre and Jacopone da Todi." New Perspective in Theology and Religious Studies 4, no. 1 (2023): 1–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.47900/nptrs.v4i1.89.

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Many studies on Yunus Emre, a Turkish Sufi and Jacopone da Todi, an Italian Franciscan, focus on their views of mystical love, especially concerning mystical union, however, the term ”love” that both use needs more exploration This study explores the question of whether their views of love have more similarities or differences by comparing the aspects of love, the center of love and its origin, and the end of the journey in love. Through thematic analysis, the results show that both conveyed a similar view about love, its origin, and the union with God as the destination of love. However, alth

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Sergeeva, V. A. "C. McGinn. A Deontological Theodicy / trans. from Engl. V. A. Sergeeva." Omsk Scientific Bulletin. Series Society. History. Modernity 8, no. 3 (2023): 67–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.25206/2542-0488-2023-8-3-67-72.

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The essay examines the inconsistence problem of the existence a perfect God and evil in the world. It contains criticism of the traditional view that the concept of God as a morally perfect entity is paradoxical. Essay is demonstrated that such views are based on an extreme form of utilitarianism. It is argued that the idea of God and evil coexisting in the world is not inconsistent if we accept the deontological view in ethics that the general obligation to eliminate suffering wherever it occurs cannot be one’s moral duty. It is proved that the idea of the coexistence of God and evil in the w

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Pârvan, Alexandra, and Bruce L. McCormack. "Immutability, (Im)passibility and Suffering: Steps towards a “Psychological” Ontology of God." Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie 59, no. 1 (2017): 1–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/nzsth-2017-0001.

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SummaryWe call psychological ontology the attempt to think the being of God starting from his self-revelation in the individual life of Jesus Christ. We consider the ontological identity of Jesus Christ and the way the unity of his person is conceived crucial for understanding who this Christian God is, an understanding we take as the entry point into thinking what God is. We start from Augustine’s exegesis of the two names of God and Barth’s doctrine of election, and point out internal tensions in their respective views on divine immutability and (im)passibility, and how these connect with th

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Atasoy, Nesrin. "N. A. Berdyaev’te Kötülük Problemi ve Teodise." International Journal of Social Sciences 5, no. 23 (2021): 273–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.52096/usbd.5.23.5.14.

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Max Weber argues that the metaphysical conception of God creates "an ineradicable demand for theodicy." Similarly, Augustine asked, "What is the source of evil?" He writes that the question worried him from an early age, that it was the problem that wore him down and dragged him into the community of heretics. Augustine returns to the Catholic Church only when he has a satisfactory answer to this, in Christian Platonic terms. The suffering of Augustine's experience and Weber's insight intersect in Berdiaev's thought. Berdiaev, like Augustine, is deeply concerned with the emergence of evil and,

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Mijatović, Franjo. "(In)active God—Coping with Suffering and Pain from the Perspective of Christianity." Religions 12, no. 11 (2021): 939. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel12110939.

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Colloquially, suffering and pain are usually and exclusively concerned with the human body. Pain and suffering are clearly objective facts, as well as lasting and memorable experiences. Are suffering and pain purely biological phenomena and neurological states, or can they be interpreted by culture, religion, philosophy, sociology, Christianity, etc.? To what extent can it, therefore, be said that the body is sufficiently cognitively, motorically, and sensibly equipped to accept or reject unpleasant situations. Except biological, neurological, and medical, i.e., physical, views about suffering

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Siddiqui, Dr Mostafa Kabir, and Md Arif Hossen. "The Concept of Divine Justice in Classical and Contemporary Theology." Social Science and Humanities Journal 9, no. 07 (2025): 8497–506. https://doi.org/10.18535/sshj.v9i07.1916.

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The idea of divine justice has shaped religious thought for centuries, offering a way to understand how God deals with right and wrong. In classical theology, scholars like Augustine, Aquinas, Al-Ghazālī, and Maimonides viewed justice as a fixed moral order where God rewards good and punishes evil according to divine wisdom. Today, however, many theologians are rethinking this concept. The aim of this study is to explore how divine justice has been understood in both classical and modern theology, and how those views respond to issues like human suffering, inequality, and pluralism. Using a qu

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Yolanda, Hizkia, and Chrsitiany Suwartono. "Hubungan Views of Suffering dan Occupational Stress pada Pemuka Agama." Indonesian Journal for The Psychology of Religion 1, no. 2 (2022): 113–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.24854/ijpr621.

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Pekerjaan sebagai seorang pemuka agama dapat menimbulkan stres kerja (occupational stress) secara negatif (occupational distress) atau positif (occupational eustress). Jenis stres yang dialami oleh pemuka agama bergantung pada pemaknaan pemuka agama terhadap stressor yang dihadapi. Views of suffering (VOS) dapat menjadi salah satu aspek yang digunakan untuk memaknai stressor pekerjaan yang dihadapinya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat hubungan antara VOS dengan occupational stress. Views of Suffering Scale (VOSS) dan Valencia Eustress-Distress Appraisal Scale (VEDAS) diadministrasikan ke

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Ariance Lende and Abad Jaya Zega. "Memahami Penderitan Orang Kristen Menurut Kitab 1 Petrus 4 : 12-19." PROSIDING SEMINAR NASIONAL PENDIDIKAN DAN AGAMA 4, no. 2 (2023): 144–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.55606/semnaspa.v4i2.1266.

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There are believers who believe that suffering as a Christian is a curse that God does not want. This suffering is the only way to experience the glory of Christ. In this case, the author believes that this view is not entirely correct. The letter of 1 Peter has a lot to say about the suffering of believers. This suffering is the only way to experience the glory of Christ. In this case, the author believes that both views are not completely correct. The letter of 1 Peter has a lot to say about the suffering of believers. The reality of suffering experienced by society mainly occurs as a result

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Reese, Naomi Noguchi. "Theology of Silence." Evangelical Quarterly 94, no. 1 (2023): 51–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/27725472-09401003.

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Abstract This article explores Endo Shusaku’s views of God and silence with the aim of sketching what I take to be Endo’s theology of silence. In service of this goal, I will delineate how Japanese culture and events in Endo’s life contributed to shaping his views of God and silence, which ultimately led to Endo’s theology of silence—one fitting his Japanese sensibilities. In Endo’s divine drama of silence, Christ, who is the eternal suffering companion, is the inhabiter of silence, while the Kakure Kirishitans—the oppressed and weary—are the pilgrims of silence. In the space of silence, ultim

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Nurlela Syafrian Oematan, Pujiwati Pujiwati, Jaminter Ompusuggu, and Joshua Christian Wenas. "Korelasi Antara Kedaulatan Allah dengan Penderitaan Orang Percaya." REDOMINATE Jurnal Teologi dan Pendidikan Kristiani 5, no. 2 (2024): 10–20. https://doi.org/10.59947/redominate.v5i2.50.

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The sovereignty of God as the core understanding of the true God according to the Bible and the relationship between the concept of God's sovereignty and the suffering experienced by believers in the context of Christian theology. The purpose of this research is to clarify how the concept of God's sovereignty influences perceptions and investigate how views on God's sovereignty and those beliefs provide comfort and meaning in the experience of suffering in daily life. The method used is theological analysis of biblical texts and relevant theological literature with a qualitative approach to ex

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Cai, Le. "A Primitive Humanist in The Holy Bible: A Character Analysis of Job." Scientific and Social Research 3, no. 2 (2021): 177–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.36922/ssr.v3i2.1127.

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Punished by God without conducting evil, Job becomes suspicious of theodicy. His attitudes towards the world, life and God have been subverted and rebuilt owing to his affliction. The changed outlooks confuse and torture him so that he keeps asking questions in order to figure out the reason and meaning of his own suffering, which shows his intelligence and sensibility as a human being. This makes him a remarkable literary image with a tint of humanistic color. Based on the close reading of The Book of Job, this paper analyzes the changes of Job’s understanding of the world, life and God durin

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Rantesalu, Marsi Bombongan. "Penderitaan dari Sudut Pandang Teologi Injili." Jurnal Ilmiah Religiosity Entity Humanity (JIREH) 2, no. 2 (2020): 126–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.37364/jireh.v2i2.46.

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Discussions on theology of suffering are very often discussed lately with the co-19 pandemic. There are a variety of different views that emerge to address the problem of suffering and disaster. This study aims to find out one view of suffering, that is, from the evangelicals. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative using the literature as a source of data. From the results of the study the authors found that the evangelical view of suffering is that they consider suffering and disaster to be the will and sovereignty of God. In the suffering experienced by His people, God s

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Root, Terry. "Apathy or Passion? The New Testament View of God the Father at the Cross." Evangelical Quarterly 88, no. 1 (2016): 3–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/27725472-08801001.

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The classic theistic doctrine of an immutable God, unaffected by anything outside of God and apathetically incapable of suffering, underpins many atonement theories which project only the suffering of Jesus at the cross. That view is heavily dependent upon the continuing acceptance of the theological paradox of the immutable divine Father and the suffering divine Son. This essay argues that this view is too narrowly christological, lacking in theological context and unsupported by the New Testament witness to the unique relationship and unity of purpose in action of the Father and the Son. It

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O’Neill, Daniel W. "Healing as God’s Intention for Ministers of Reconciliation." International Bulletin of Mission Research 47, no. 3 (2023): 405–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23969393231165735.

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There is something missing in our view of the intentions of God and the purposes of the church in global mission. Tracing the historical precedent for the church as a healing agent in the world, and challenging narrow views of what healing means, a biblical healing metanarrative emerges as the primary telos of God, and reconciliation as an essential part of healing. By reconciling salvation and healing, spirit and matter, as well as healing and suffering, the ongoing work of the reconciling Healer is highlighted along with the implication that healing is an indispensable part of collective glo

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CLEVELAND, LINDSAY K., and W. SCOTT CLEVELAND. "The defeat of heartbreak: problems and solutions for Stump's view of the problem of evil concerning desires of the heart." Religious Studies 52, no. 1 (2014): 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0034412514000493.

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AbstractEleonore Stump insightfully develops Aquinas's theodicy to account for a significant source of human suffering, namely the undermining of desires of the heart. Stump argues that what justifies God in allowing such suffering is benefits made available to the sufferer through her suffering that can defeat the suffering by contributing to the fulfilment of her heart's desires. We summarize Stump's arguments for why such suffering requires defeat and how it is defeated. We identify three problems with Stump's account of how such suffering is defeated and offer solutions to each. We defend

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Sarot, Marcel. "Patripassianism, Theopaschitism and the Suffering of God. Some Historical and Systematic Considerations." Religious Studies 26, no. 3 (1990): 363–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0034412500020527.

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In contemporary theology the doctrine of divine impassibility is a hot issue. The doubts about this doctrine in the present century have their earliest roots in British theology, where we can trace the passibilist tendency back to the last ten years of the nineteenth century. It received a powerful impetus from the First World War, and by the time the Second World War broke out it was almost generally accepted in British theology that God suffered. Since then this tendency has spread to the rest of Europe, notably to France and Germany, to the United States and to Asia. Although it cannot be d

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Sawicki, Adam. "Filozoficzny zapis dramatu wojny w dziennikach Karola Ludwika Konińskiego." Bibliotekarz Podlaski Ogólnopolskie Naukowe Pismo Bibliotekoznawcze i Bibliologiczne 63, no. 2 (2024): 349–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.36770/bp.933.

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The article presents Karol Ludwik Koniński (1891–1943) as a chronicler of war events, describing the physical and moral effects of the war in his immediate surroundings, as well as referring to the war taking place in a broader sense. The aim is to show how the attitude of this thinker and publicist was shaped under the influence of these events. It is also about relating his reactions to current events and deep personal experiences related to them to the religious reflections and views he formulates on the pages of his diaries, pointing out that the tragic wartime everyday life was reflected

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Francis, Lewi Frank, Handreas Sudarmiko Akimas, and Yusak Tanasyah. "Between Ashes and Hope." MODERATE: Journal of Religious, Education, and Social 2, no. 2 (2025): 143–56. https://doi.org/10.46362/moderate.v2i2.21.

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This study explores the timeless relevance of Job’s suffering as narrated in the biblical Book of Job, analyzing its practical theological implications for contemporary believers. Positioned “between ashes and hope,” Job's journey is not merely an ancient tale of personal tragedy but a profound reflection on faith, endurance, divine silence, and the mystery of suffering. In a modern world marked by existential anxiety, personal loss, injustice, and spiritual doubt, the figure of Job invites a deeper inquiry into how believers today can meaningfully engage with suffering without losing faith. T

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Kalın, Mehmet Fatih. "John Hick’s Theodicy of Moral and Spiritual Development and a Critical Examination of Theodicy." Anadolu Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 24, no. 4 (2024): 1727–50. https://doi.org/10.18037/ausbd.1534046.

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John Hick is a significant philosopher known for his innovative ideas in religious thought and theology, particularly through his ‘theodicy of moral and spiritual development’. He redefines human existence as a spiritual education process orchestrated by God, suggesting that the world is created for humanity’s spiritual growth. Hick interprets pain and evil as integral parts of a divine plan, positing that these challenges allow individuals to develop through the exercise of free will. This perspective departs from traditional theistic views, framing evil as a necessary tool for spiritual adva

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Jabin, J. Deguma, C. Deguma Melona, C. Añora Honorio, Z. Loremia Venus, Frances P. Cabigon Ann, and S. Case Hayde. "Why is it Better to Suffer and Not to Die through Euthanasia? A Multi-perspective Analysis." Journal of Social and Political Sciences 3, no. 2 (2020): 395–406. https://doi.org/10.31014/aior.1991.03.02.178.

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The paper underpins the argument that the experience of suffering cannot be a basis for the practice of euthanasia. Albeit, the advocates of euthanasia believed that the personal experience of suffering as sufficient motivation and justification to terminate life. The paper counter-argues through multi-perspective views on pain and suffering, which highlight the ‘instrumental value’ of pain and suffering to attain the genuine essence of happiness. Multi-perspective views include John Stuart Mill’s Utilitarianism, the different religions understanding, and luminary writers suc

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William O’Neill, Daniel. "Toward a fuller view: The effect of globalized theology on an understanding of health and healing." Missiology: An International Review 45, no. 2 (2017): 204–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0091829616684863.

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With the globalization of the church, a missional theology has emerged which addresses the universal quest for health and wholeness in various contexts of suffering and affliction. The spread of Christianity, particularly as it is occurring in the global South, has led to a fuller view of God, human health, and the church’s role in health and healing. The splendor of the nations which are brought into the repository of this kingdom includes the sanctified healing practices of the nations. Exploring perspectives from Latin America, Africa, and Asia, a physician-theologian proposes how we can se

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Raevskaya, N. Yu, G. V. Solovieva, I. L. Stanislavova, and P. I. Ilyichev. "How to Make the World Beautiful: Jewish Views on Medicine as Way to Improve the World." Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies 51 (2025): 126–36. https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2025.51.126.

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According to Jewish thought, God intentionally left “space” in the universe for improvement, entrusting humans with the task of enhancing reality. In Judaism, this idea is known as Tikkun Olam, which translates from Hebrew as “repairing the world.” Improvement is seen as achievable primarily through meticulous and universal fulfillment of God's will as outlined in the Torah in the form of commandments. In addition, today Judaism includes in the scope of Tikkun Olam various actions that contribute to the improvement of the life of human society and the life of each individual person. In particu

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Brower, Kent. "'We are able': Cross-bearing Discipleship and the Way of the Lord in Mark." Horizons in Biblical Theology 29, no. 2 (2007): 177–201. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/187122007x244084.

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AbstractAccording to Mark, the disciples are invited to follow Jesus in cross-bearing servanthood. This is more than imitatio Christi or simply the consequence of following Jesus. Rather, Jesus calls them to participate in his redemptive suffering: cross-bearing discipleship is part of the redeeming purposes of God because they are participate in the mission of Jesus as Son of Man. When Mark's gospel is read in the early Christian communities, this is how they would hear the call to cross bearing discipleship. This understanding especially illuminates our understanding of Paul's emphasis on cr

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Ting, Rachel Sing-Kiat, and Terri Watson. "Is Suffering Good? An Explorative Study on the Religious Persecution among Chinese Pastors." Journal of Psychology and Theology 35, no. 3 (2007): 202–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009164710703500303.

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Human suffering is a major concern to the fields of psychology and theology; however, the effect of suffering is controversial to many. In this study, nine Chinese pastors, who had experienced religious persecution to the extent of confinement, were interviewed about their experiences during the persecution, the effect related to their suffering, and their ways of coping. The transcripts were coded into major themes by adapting a hermeneutic phenomenology method with a committee approach. Results showed that the suffering in religious persecution involved losses of personal freedom, physical t

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Maria Benedicta Dian Savitri. "A Comparative Study of the Significance of Suffering in James 1:2-4." Conference Series 4, no. 2 (2023): 96–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.34306/conferenceseries.v4i2.928.

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When individuals are confronted with challenging situations, they may contemplate whether the difficulties are the results of divine intervention or evil influences. Even more, they may also believe that the negative outcomes they are experiencing are the results of the sin they have committed. Rather than just assessing the impact of these trials on their lives, it is essential to consider whose perspective to adopt when dealing with adversity. Different religious and belief systems offer varying views on the causes of suffering and hardship. In this qualitative research, a comparative study

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Silviana Silviana, Teguh Parluhutan, and Rode Sri Rahayu. "Pandangan Teologis Tentang Hubungan Suami Istri Menurut Efesus 5:22-25." Jurnal Budi Pekerti Agama Kristen dan Katolik 2, no. 4 (2024): 187–97. https://doi.org/10.61132/jbpakk.v2i4.761.

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Marriage in the Christian context is considered sacred because it is established by God as a depiction of the union between Christ and His church. However, the current reality shows a lack of holiness in Christian marital relationships. This writing addresses this issue by referencing biblical texts and the realities of Christian life. This paragraph explores theological views on the husband – wife relationship, emphasizing the importance of Christ's love and humility in marriage, as taught in Ephesians 5:22-25. Additionally, it highlights the importance of premarital counseling in preparing c

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Horn, Charles Joshua. "Divine Obligations as Theodicy in Leibniz’s Jurisprudence and Metaphysical Theology." Religions 15, no. 8 (2024): 884. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel15080884.

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Leibniz’s jurisprudence and theory of natural law, which began development as early as the 1660s, has implications for his mature theodicy. In this essay, it is shown that based on an analysis of a few key jurisprudential texts, the Nova Methodus (1666), the Elementa Juris Naturalis (1670–1671), and the Codex Juris Gentium Diplomaticus (1693), Leibniz developed the legal term ‘obligatio’ from Roman Law and the Spanish Jesuit traditions, but that his usage shifted at different stages of his life. Nevertheless, these views are compatible and provide a grounding for his philosophical optimism. It

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Moder, Ally. "Women, Personhood, and the Male God: A Feminist Critique of Patriarchal Concepts of God in View of Domestic Abuse." Feminist Theology 28, no. 1 (2019): 85–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0966735019859471.

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Domestic abuse is a common occurrence for women in the Christian Church. Underlying this dark reality is a long history of patriarchal theological interpretations that have depicted God as a dominant male figure that subjects women to male hierarchy as a subordinate. Often based on an understanding of Jesus as subordinate to God the Father in the Trinity, the correlated praxis of the Church has commonly been to subject women to suffering at the hands of men – even at the cost of their lives – thus mimicking the death of Christ. This deeply flawed androcentric theology and subsequent praxis of

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Vähäkangas, Mika. "Negotiating Religious Traditions — Babu wa Loliondo’s Theology of Healing." Exchange 45, no. 3 (2016): 269–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1572543x-12341404.

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Retired Lutheran pastor Ambilikile Mwasapila became the most celebrated healer in Eastern Africa for half a year in 2011. His healing consists of an herbal potion, brewed according to the recipe he got from God in dreams. According to Rev. Mwasapila, the potency of the medicine stems from the presence of the Word of God in it. It is efficient only when administered by him. He perceives himself as a prophet called by God to alleviate sufferings of humankind in a world pestered by illnesses sent by Satan. His theology of healing has clear Lutheran sacramental theological elements combined with v

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Botica, Aurelian. "The God of Qohelet: Positive Divine Attributes for an Age of Technology." Perichoresis 21, s1 (2023): 4–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/perc-2023-0007.

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Abstract The book Ecclesiastes has been regarded as one of the most profound pieces of ‘wisdom’ literature in the ancient Orient. It rivals in depth and the courage to challenge the institutional status quo with the literature from Mesopotamia and Egypt. It has puzzled readers in the last three millennia with its unparalleled courage to ask uncomfortable questions about faith, Gods and humanity. Ironically, many of the questions that Ecclesiastes asked have found reverberations in the hearts of post-modern men and women today. On the one hand, the author affirms his belief that one can discern

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Dein, Simon, and Candy Gunther Brown. "Prayers for Sickness: What do people pray for and how do they deal with unanswered prayer?" F1000Research 13 (September 2, 2024): 156. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.145194.2.

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Background This paper focuses upon prayer for sickness. What do individuals suffering from illness, their families and the wider community pray for? How do they deal with unanswered prayer? Do they pray for cure, to guide medical professionals or to cope with their sickness? What rationalisations do they proffer for unanswered prayer? Methods Based on a critical literature review and deploying secondary data from the Twenty First Century Evangelical research programme, the data suggest that prayers for guiding medical professionals and coping are more common than for cure, at least in Global N

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Dein, Simon, and Candy Gunther Brown. "Prayers for Sickness: What do people pray for and how do they deal with unanswered prayer?" F1000Research 13 (March 1, 2024): 156. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.145194.1.

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Background This paper focuses upon prayer for sickness. What do individuals suffering from illness, their families and the wider community pray for? How do they deal with unanswered prayer? Do they pray for cure, to guide medical professionals or to cope with their sickness? What rationalisations do they proffer for unanswered prayer? Methods Based on a critical literature review and deploying secondary data from the Twenty First Century Evangelical research programme, the data suggest that prayers for guiding medical professionals and coping are more common than for cure, at least in Global N

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Puig i Tàrrech, Armand. "The Glory on the Mountain: The Episode of the Transfiguration of Jesus." New Testament Studies 58, no. 2 (2012): 151–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0028688511000373.

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The starting point of the transfiguration of Jesus is the choice of Jesus himself. He had announced a destiny of suffering and death and, then, was faced with rejection of his words by his disciples, especially Peter. Now, they must know by themselves what ‘God's views’ are. The fundamental issue is whether Jesus' announcement really corresponds to the divine will. The answer will come from heaven: the disciples will be the privileged witnesses of the transfiguration granted to Jesus. He will appear as a heavenly figure, flanked by Moses and Elijah and thus preceding them. Peter would like to

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Silverman, Eric Jason, Elizabeth Hall, Jamie Aten, Laura Shannonhouse, and Jason McMartin. "Christian Lay Theodicy and The Cancer Experience." Journal of Analytic Theology 8 (September 21, 2020): 344–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.12978/jat.2020-8.1808-65001913.

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In philosophy of religion, there are few more frequently visited topics than the problem of evil, which has attracted considerable interest since the time of Epicurus (341-270 BCE). It is well known that the problem of evil involves responding to the apparent tension between 1) belief in the existence of a good, all powerful, all knowing God and 2) the existence of evil—such as personal suffering embodied in the experience of cancer. While a great deal has been written concerning abstract philosophical theories that academics use to explain the existence of evil, much less has been written abo

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Lengkong, Samuel. "Penderitaan Yesus di dalam Matius 27:46 dan Relasinya dengan Allah." EUANGGELION: Jurnal Teologi dan Pendidikan Kristen 4, no. 2 (2024): 128–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.61390/euanggelion.v4i2.63.

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Abstract: When looking at the history of the teachings or understanding of Jesus or what is called christology, there are debates that occur because of the controversial understanding of the doctrine of Christ. The views of Docetism and Adoptionism both maintain on one side of Jesus himself, namely Docetism understands and defends the divinity of Jesus, while Adoptionism is more likely to understand and defend the humanity of Jesus. The aim of this research is to develop research that analyzes Jesus' humanity and His unity with God in suffering based on Matthew 27:46. The research method used

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Lasocińska, Estera. "Literatura staropolska wobec problemu zła. Uwagi wstępne." Tematy i Konteksty 16, no. 11 (2021): 227–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.15584/tik.2021.14.

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The article discusses the old Polish ways of explaining evil. The first part briefly presents the philosophical theories struggling with the problem of its existence and origin: Aristotelianism, Platonism, Stoicism and Epicureanism. It was found that the reception of these views can be traced in selected texts of the old Polish literature. Therefore, in the second and third parts of the article, appropriate analyses were carried out on the basis of the literary material provided by “Elegia IV 3” and the epigram “O żywocie ludzkim” (I 101) by Jan Kochanowski, as well as “Tobiasz wyzwolony” and

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Orzeł, Paweł. "The Transhumanist Point of View to the Evolutionary Indifference to Pain and Suffering." Scientia et Fides 12, no. 1 (2024): 249–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/setf.2024.012.

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The text presents a transhumanist point of view on evolution. It focuses on the lack of clear and obvious evolutionary solutions to the issue of involuntary suffering. It poses difficult questions about the possibility of enhencement of human nature and respecting the laws of evolution. It reflects on the positive role of pain for the development of individual people and the entire human species. It considers the thesis that perhaps evolution “needs” pain for proper human development. It asks whether the transition to a higher than evolutionary stage of human development, as proposed by transh

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Nichols, Natalie. "“Son, Why Have You Treated Me Like This?”: A Marian View of Miscarriage." Wheaton writing 8 (July 12, 2025): 25. https://doi.org/10.57076/hhvtvh26.

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The Church loves babies. Christ chose the form of a squalling, red-faced newborn baby as his preferred entry into human life. He drew small toddlers onto his lap. Nearly all churches have some ecumenical mark to celebrate a new baby: baptism, dedication, or simply showering mothers and fathers with meal trains. Like the liturgical season of Advent, pregnancy is a joyful season filled with longing and waiting. Yet the tragic reality is that around twenty percent of pregnancies end in miscarriage. Subverted hopes, dreams, and longings are washed away in a torrent of blood and tears. The taboo of

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Bryndin, Evgeny. "Biblical View of the Causes and Essence of Disease." New Medical Innovations and Research 5, no. 5 (2024): 01–04. https://doi.org/10.31579/2767-7370/108.

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The Holy Scriptures contain specialized references to diseases. References to diseases are very numerous and are found in books of a wide variety of contents. We can find mention of diseases in historical narratives, in edifying reflections, in teachings, and in psalms, as well as in discussions of issues related to ritual purity and temple cult. The Old Testament mentions dozens of different diseases: infertility, pestilence, consumption, fever, fever, inflammation, leprosy, scabs, scabies, insanity, blindness, heart attack, etc. In the New Testament, the topic of illness and healing occupies

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Ilahi, Adil. "Begum Rokeya to Arundhati Roy: An intangible dream of woman emancipation." Journal of Language, Literature, Social and Cultural Studies 2, no. 1 (2024): 11–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.58881/jllscs.v2i1.140.

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This review aims to compare the views of Begum Rokeya and Arundhati Roy on women's freedom and explore the current status of women's rights in society. While both authors have advocated for women's liberation, their works have not been thoroughly examined in the context of the contemporary situation of women's suffering. This study seeks to identify the gap in their research. The review utilizes Begum Rokeya's "Sultana's Dream" and Arundhati Roy's "The God of Small Things" as primary sources for analysis. In addition, it references relevant scholarly articles to provide a comprehensive underst

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Sien, Foeng Wie, Sigit Ani Saputro, and Joseph Christ Santo. "Pandangan dan Sikap Nabi Habakuk dalam Masa Sulit Menurut Kitab Habakuk." Angelion: Jurnal Teologi dan Pendidikan Kristen 3, no. 1 (2022): 33–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.38189/jan.v3i1.316.

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Everyone faces difficult times all the time according to the times. In suffering and trouble often arise questions, cries and complaints to God. How much longer Lord? Where is your justice? The author takes the book of Habakkuk which teaches today's believers to be a guide to face difficult times. This study aims to determine the views and attitudes of the prophet when facing difficult times can be an example that can be applied in everyday life for believers today. The name Habakkuk means one who hugs or embraces. In accordance with the meaning of his name, he is someone who embraces, embrace

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