Henri Blocher | Theology and Ethics https://www.theologyethics.com Resources and reflections on theology and ethics Thu, 03 May 2018 07:19:40 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 God, Evil and Possibility (Kantzer Lectures) (Blocher, 2015) https://www.theologyethics.com/2018/04/24/god-evil-and-possibility-kantzer-lectures-blocher-2015/ https://www.theologyethics.com/2018/04/24/god-evil-and-possibility-kantzer-lectures-blocher-2015/#respond Tue, 24 Apr 2018 19:21:55 +0000 https://www.theologyethics.com/?p=23847 Speaking on the subject, “God, Evil, and Possibility” over the course of a week, Blocher addressed the persistence of the category of possibility in responses to the problem of evil. He gave the example of the popular evangelical theodicy that, in order to create persons who would love him freely, God had to create them with free will, that is, the possibility of sinning, and thus risk their self-alienation from him. Blocher objected to the …

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