03381nam 2200685Ia 450 991096283120332120200520144314.09780791485309079148530797814237392031423739205(CKB)1000000000458389(OCoLC)62751453(CaPaEBR)ebrary10594974(SSID)ssj0000164123(PQKBManifestationID)11170306(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000164123(PQKBWorkID)10120985(PQKB)10907576(OCoLC)62386234(MdBmJHUP)muse6132(Au-PeEL)EBL3408614(CaPaEBR)ebr10594974(DE-B1597)683400(DE-B1597)9780791485309(MiAaPQ)EBC3408614(Perlego)2674108(EXLCZ)99100000000045838920040224d2004 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrGod, evil, and, human learning a critique and revision of the free will defense in theodicy /Fred Berthold, JrAlbany, NY State University of New York Pressc20041 online resource (118 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791460429 0791460428 9780791460412 079146041X Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-103) and indexes.Front Matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Central Importance of the Free Will Defense -- Why Doesn’t God Cause Us to Have a Wholly Virtuous Free Will? -- Should the Traditional Free Will Defense Be Revised? -- The Concept of a Limited God -- The Concept of Free Will -- A Revised Free Will Defense -- An Ecological Theology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of SubjectsGod, Evil, and Human Learning explores the age-old question: How is it possible to believe in the God of the Christian faith when the world contains so many grievous evils? Author Fred Berthold Jr. examines the most influential argument used by Christian theologians to answer that question, the "free will defense," which holds that God is not responsible for the evil in the world, but that evil arises from the human misuse of free will. He points out the weaknesses of this defense and provides a more adequate concept of free will. Berthold argues that free will is a complex of abilities which are acquired—if acquired—through human learning in the context of experiences of actual goods and evils and their consequences. He revises the "free will defense" and offers a new view of the relationship between God and his creatures.Free will and determinismReligious aspectsChristianityTheodicyGood and evilReligious aspectsChristianityFree will and determinismReligious aspectsChristianity.Theodicy.Good and evilReligious aspectsChristianity.233/.7Berthold Fred1922-1814767MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962831203321God, evil, and, human learning4368861UNINA