Theodicy Archives - The Other Journal

Suffering with the Prosperity Gospel: A Review of <i>Everything Happens for a Reason</i>

Suffering with the Prosperity Gospel: A Review of Everything Happens for a Reason

Jason Byassee reviews Kate Bowler’s Everything Happens for a Reason, a book he says takes on evil from the inside—and laughs.

25: Trauma

What’s Love Got to Do with It? Theodicy, Trauma, and Divine Love

Is God’s love of any material benefit to trauma survivors, particularly to survivors of sexualized violence?

20: Evil

Evil, the New Atheism, and the God of the Trinity

Jacob H. Friesenhahn
July 12, 2012 / Theology

Von Balthasar’s theology of the Trinity provides a compelling framework in which Christians can engage the problem of evil, including its recent formulations by the New Atheism.

20: Evil

Evil, Ethics, and the Imagination: An Interview with Richard Kearney, Part I

Richard Kearney & Ron Kuipers
March 6, 2012 / Theology

In Part I of a three-part interview, Irish philosopher Richard Kearney discusses the themes of evil, ethics, and the imagination.

20: Evil

Druidical Capitalism and Satanists Who Sound Like Christians

Tripp York
March 1, 2012 / Theology

In this adapted excerpt from his part memoir and part theological treatise, The Devil Wears Nada, Tripp York seeks out the Prince of Darkness by confronting a neo-druid and some Satanists.