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“While Rousseau extolled sincerity, 20th-century German philosopher Martin Heidegger significantly influenced today’s understanding of a related idea: authenticity.”- The Conversation
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Happy Birthday, Friedrich Nietzsche: The atheist who had a lot to say about God, man, and the West.
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“Nietzsche was not claiming that God had once existed and no longer did. Rather, he recognized what the loss of God meant as the central reference point for Western life, politics, education, art, architecture, and most other aspects of culture. The death of God had, as he put it, ‘unchained the earth from its sun.’” - Breakpoint
The Problem with Christian “Worldview”
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“Some argue that the German rationalist history of worldview makes it wrong, misguided, or even unbiblical for Christians. Others suggest that it reduces authentic faith to something too cerebral, too impersonal, or too formulaic. Perhaps the most common critique is that it just doesn’t ‘work’ in today’s cultural environment.” - Breakpoint
Jonathan Edwards Studies is at a Dead End
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“That so many Edwards scholars think he is wrong about these things is an understatement. More accurately, Edwards is regarded as ‘exotic’ and ‘unhinged’ on these matters. Here are fourteen individual statements—derived from both contemporary and historic readings of Edwards…that demonstrate just how bizarre Edwards is understood to be” - London Lyceum
Augustine’s Christian Platonism Revisited
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“Augustine would never have been considered a Platonist in antiquity. He belonged to a different, rival school—the Christian school—and he was keen to present his philosophy as superior in all respects.” - Credo
A Good God in a Wicked World: Considering the Problem of Evil, Part 4
By Jonathan Moreno. From DBSJ 22 (2017): 75-90. Republished with permission. Read the series.
Lingering Concerns
In an effort to present the greatest-glory defense with sharper clarity, this section will seek to address three objections that may be levied against it. Although this defense may encounter countless additional objections, the three selected seem to be the most pertinent to the discussion.
A Good God in a Wicked World: Considering the Problem of Evil, Part 3
By Jonathan Moreno. From DBSJ 22 (2017): 75-90. Republished with permission. Read the series.
An Answer
The purpose of this section is to present a viable theodicy.36 However, before embarking upon this endeavor, it will be helpful to temper expectations by briefly considering the parameters and limitations of any conclusions that are drawn.
A Good God in a Wicked World: Considering the Problem of Evil, Part 2
By Jonathan Moreno. From DBSJ 22 (2017): 75-90. Republished with permission. Read the series.
The Complexity of the Problem
Grappling with the problem of evil is a notoriously dubious endeavor due in part to the complexity of the problem. Therefore, if any viable solutions are to be reached, the specific kind of evil must be recognized and defined, and the theological system in which that evil resides must be identified.
A Good God in a Wicked World: Considering the Problem of Evil, Part 1
From DBSJ 22 (2017): 75-90. Republished with permission.
by Jonathan Moreno1
Introduction
Elie Wiesel trusted in God. As a boy, he believed that Yahweh cared deeply for him and his people. All that changed in the grueling death camps of Nazi Germany. Elie was a Jew. Subjected to the horrific atrocities of Auschwitz, his faith was shattered as his God seemed to sit idly by while countless victims suffered through the darkest evils imaginable at the hands of wicked men. In the preface to his memoir Wiesel writes:
The Stoic Generation
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“For an ancient philosophy, Stoicism is wildly popular right now. Silicon Valley tech barons and young men in weight rooms across the country are searching for guidance, and they often find it among the maxims of Epictetus, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius.” - Acton
