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Matching entries for 'theodicy'Theodicy discussion starts...nowFrom the dallasnews website this morning: Five people are dead and two others are missing after an early morning fire swept through a men's homeless shelter in Paris, Texas, a Lamar County official said. The fast-moving blaze began shortly before... Texas tie to the newest Louisiana congressmanFrom Daniel Gilgoff's brand new "God and Country" blog on the USNews website. He interviews Louisiana's Congressman-Elect Anh 'Joseph' Cao. Here's a nugget: You attended Baylor University, the world's biggest Southern Baptist school, then wound up training to become a... Rick Warren does BeliefnetIt may be hard to believe that Rick Warren has anything interesting unsaid or unwritten given how prolific he is as a writer and speaker. But Beliefnet's Steve Waldman took his best shot. Here's a nugget in which Warren shows... Making religious sense of the Mumbai attacks -- online strugglesLongtime fans of this blog know i'm always interested in theodicy as one of the hardest challenges for a particular kind of religion. The odd word describes the attempt to explain how an all-good, all-knowing, all-powerful deity allows such suffering... Texas Faith: How does religion explain the world's suffering?Texas Faith is our weekly discussion of matters of religion, politics, and culture. Read about our panel here. We'll take a break from politics this week. The past seven days have been notable for examples of human suffering large and... One more religion-related tribute to George CarlinThe late George Carlin took on religion frequently in his routines. There's an amazing 10-minute riff you can find on YouTube that I can't link to here because he uses pretty much all of the Seven Words You Can't Say... John McCain and theodicyA bit more on McCain v Hagee. Yeah, I'm still on vacation. My wife is getting her nails done and I'm in the ubiquitous coffee/wi-fi spot. In a comment to my earlier post expressing some amazement at the Hagee comment... A theodicy debate -- how to reconcile suffering with the existence of a good GodOver on Beliefnet.com,they're hosting a mini-debate between Bart Ehrman and Bishop N. T. Wright about theodicy -- how to reconcile the existence of so much suffering in the world with the concept of an all-powerful, all-good, all-knowing deity. Ehrman has... The 'Compassion Forum' and public policy -- Did Clinton and Obama connect the dots between their faith and their governance?Longtime blog-friends know that one aspect of faith'n'politics has driven me nuts at least since the current president cited Jesus Christ as his favorite "political philosopher" during his first presidential campaign: Candidates who make their religious faith an important part... Religion Sneak Peek -- what UFOs and religion have in commonThis is the Religion Sneak Peek, an online newsletter that is sent to subscribers early Friday morning. It's a bit from me and a tout sheet about some upcoming Religion stories you can expect to read in the Dallas... 'On Faith' takes on theodicyTheodicy, it says here, was a word coined by the philosopher Leibniz in an essay. "The purpose of the essay was to show that the evil in the world does not conflict with the goodness of God, that, indeed, notwithstanding... Religion Sneak peek -- the book of Job, a bit of politics, moreThis is the Religion Sneak Peek, an online newsletter that is sent to subscribers early Friday morning. It's a bit from me and a tout sheet about some upcoming Religion stories you can expect to read in the Dallas Morning... Mass killing at Virginia Tech -- stories about theodicy and God's will surely to comeHere's the link to the CNN ongoing coverage. These stories always highlight some of the hardest questions in Western religion: How are such events possible if we are under the sovereignty of a loving God? Theologians have offered answers for... PW's Best Religion Books of '06If you're still shopping, here's Publishers Weekly's list ...... Wick Allison does theology -- seriously...The publisher of D Magazine and People Newspapers takes on the incredibly tough issue of theodicy in response to the death of a young girl. In part: "I don’t believe God has a 'plan' for my life. I don’t believe... |