wspominałem tu na forum osobę Philipa Claytona, jest taki dosyć podobny w swoim przesłaniu filozof i teolog David Ray Griffin, również panenteista (w Polsce zwolennikiem panenteizmu był Józef Życiński, Michał Heller również zdaje się być przychylny temu stanowisku), który w swojej książce "Evil Revisited: Responses and Reconsiderations" bardzo wyczerpująco porusza problem zła. Wiem, że wielu wierzących nie radzi sobie ze złem, gdzieś tam ich gryzie ten temat, może tu by znaleźli odpowiedzi przynajmniej na część swoich wątpliwości, dla pobieżnego wglądu wrzucam spis treści:
1. The Divine and the Demonic in a Holocaust Universe: A Summary with Reconsiderations 9
A. The Generic Idea of God
10
B. Traditional All-Determining Theism
13
C. Traditional Free-Will Theism
14
D. Process Theism
22
E. Eternal Principles of Value and Power
26
F. The Demonic
31
G. Meaning and Hope
34
2. The Task of Philosophical Theology in the Face of Evil 41
A. Defense or Theodicy? A Response to Alvin Plantinga
42
B. Divine Power and the Task of Theodicy
49
3. The Traditional Doctrine of Omnipotence 55
A. I Omnipotence, the Omnipotence Fallacy, and Plantinga's Position
55
B. Do Traditional Theologians Exemplify the "Traditional" Doctrine of Omnipotence?
4. Is Traditional All-Determining Theism Intelligible after All? 70
A. The Problem
70
B. The Solution of John Knasas: Infinite Power and Compatibilism
72
C. The Problem Remains
75
5. Can a Traditional Free-Will Theodicy be Adequate after All? 78
A. Can the Existence of Genuine Evil be Affirmed?
79
B. Can the Existence of Theological Freedom be Justified?
83
C. Can God's Nonintervention to Prevent Evil be Justified?
87
D. Can Natural Evils be Explained?
89
E. Evolution, Animal Pain, and Other Remaining Questions
94
F. Summary of the Argument Thus Far
95
6. The Coherence of Process Theism's Claim that God Cannot Coerce 96
A. The Relation of Persuasion and Coercion to Final and Efficient Causation
97
B. The Metaphysical and Psychological Meanings of Persuasion and Coercion
102
C. Persuasion and Compulsion
106
D. David Basinger's Claim that the Process God Could Coerce
108
7. The Truth of Process Theism's Claim that God Cannot Coerce 120
A. Nelson Pike's Critique: An Overview
B. Premise X as Meaningless
123
C. Premise X as Logically False
130
D. Premise X as Metaphysically False
136
E. Bruce Reichenbach's Critique and the Experiential Criterion of Meaning
140
8. Further Questions about Divine Persuasion 144
A. Why Not a Divine Self-Limitation as Well?
144
B. Is the Doctrine of God's Great Persuasive Power Falsifiable?
147
C. Would God Coerce? Process Theism and Pacifism
9. John Hick's Charge of Elitism 159
A. Hick's Summary and Critique
159
B. The Roots of Hick's Critique in His Own Position
162
C. Process Theodicy Considered on Its Own Terms
171
D. Summary and Conclusion
172
10. Process Theodicy and Monism: A Response to Philip Hefner 174
A. Genuine Evil, Rationalization, and Tragedy
175
B. Biblical Faith, Monism, and Divine Goodness
183
C. Rapprochement: A Trinitarian Monism
185
11. Worship and Theodicy 196
A. Why This Issue is Crucial for Process Theodicy
196
B. Does Worship Presuppose Perfect Power?
199
C. Is the God of Process Theism Perfectly Good?
201
D. Conclusion: Living between Gods
209
Appendix
Evil and the Two Types of Efficient Causation: A Response to Madden and Hare 215
A. Can Divine Power be a Mixture of Coercion and Persuasion?
215
B. Is the World's Evil Compatible with Great Persuasive Power?
C. Are the Limitations on Freedom Compatible with Great Persuasive Power?
223
D. Is a Great Evil Persuasive Power Equally Plausible?
223
E. Is Persuasive Power a Coherent Concept?
224
F. Earlier Criticisms