Dr. Christopher Southgate (UK University of Exeter), Professor Paul S. Fiddes (UK University of Oxford), Rev Dr Michael Lloyd (Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford, UK)

God, Struggle, and Suffering in the Evolution of Life

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Produktbeschreibung

Focuses on conversation with six scholars concerning the theological suffering in the non-human world, over millions of years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 138mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 266g
• ISBN-13: 9780567716484
• ISBN-10: 0567716481
• Artikelnr.: 73246878

Autorenporträt

Christopher Southgate is Research Fellow in Theology at the University of Exeter, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction by Christopher Southgate
Chapter 2:
2.1 Michael Lloyd (Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, UK)
2.1.1 On an originating cause of disvalues in the natural world
2.1.2 On God's relation to the suffering of non-human creatures
2.1.3 On the role of atonement
2.1.4 On the eschatological life of creatures
2.1.5 Lloyd on the strengths and weakness of his scheme
2.2 Neil Messer (Baylor University, USA)
2.2.1 On an originating cause of disvalues in the natural world
2.2.2 On God's relation to the suffering of non-human creatures
2.2.3 On the role of atonement
2.2.4 On the eschatological life of creatures
2.2.5 Messer on the strengths and weaknesses of his scheme
2.3 Christopher Southgate (University of Exeter, UK)
2.3.1 On an originating cause of disvalues in the natural world
2.3.2 On God's relation to the suffering of non-human creatures
2.3.3 On the role of atonement
2.3.4 On the eschatological life of creatures
2.3.5 Southgate on the strengths and weaknesses of his scheme
2.4 Bethany Sollereder (University of Edinburgh, UK)
2.4.1 On an originating cause of disvalues in the natural world
2.4.2 On God's relation to the suffering of non-human creatures
2.4.3 On the role of atonement
2.4.4 On the eschatological life of creatures
2.4.5 Sollereder on the strengths and weakness of her scheme
2.5 Response by Paul Fiddes (University of Oxford, UK) to the initial
position papers, and outlining of his own position
2.5.1 Four position papers, two groups
2.5.2 An originating cause and an ongoing relation
2.5.3 The resistance to God in all creation
2.5.4 Atonement and eschatology
Chapter 3
3.1 Michael Lloyd
3.1.1 Is my three-fold taxonomy too rigid?
3.1.2 Is God the ultimate 'cause' of the disvalues of creation?
3.1.3 How far does the Fall of the Angels hypothesis get us?
3.1.4 Why does God not use divine power to prevent or ameliorate suffering?
3.1.5 If God's action in the world is non-coercive, how can we sustain
eschatological hope?
3.1.6 Could the process of evolution have happened otherwise?
3.1.7 Three questions for the Resistance Theodicy
3.2 Neil Messer
3.2.1 Das Nichtige, resistance, and originating causes
3.2.2 Death, pain, and suffering
3.2.3 Divine co-suffering, atonement, and eschatology
3.2.4 Conclusion
3.3. Christopher Southgate
3.3.1 Two emerging emphases
3.3.2 God's onging providential engagement
3.3.3 Atonement and eschatology
3.4 Bethany Sollereder
3.4.1 The necessity of suffering
3.4.2 The Cooperation of God with the world
3.4.3 Eschatological Hope
3.4.4 Resistance and Reconciliation in Humans
3.5 Paul Fiddes
3.5.1 The nature of theodicy
3.5.2 Proportionate and disproportionate suffering
3.5.3 The state of a fallen universe
3.5.4 The 'only way' and the argument from non-being
3.5.5 The nature of freedom
3.5.6 The response of creatures to an open-ended purpose
3.5.7 Suffering as something strange to God
3.5.8 Divine cooperation and the new creation
Chapter 4 Mark Wynn (University of Oxford, UK): reflection on the
conversation
Chapter 5 Christopher Southgate: conclusion
Bibliography
Index