Samuel Andrew Shearn
Biographic Data
| ID | 9313703 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samuel Andrew Shearn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samuel Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Shearn |
| SIGNATURE | SHEARN S A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8556-0135 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Tillich’s Theodicies
This essay explores the development of Tillich’s writings on the relationship between divine providence and suffering, and his approach to theodicy. First, I attend to the various stations of his early life and his earliest writings in various genres. Here we see the instrumental‐pedagogical theodicies of his student days and earliest preaching give way to an increased emphasis on the suffering of God. However, unlike many twentieth century theol…
Moral critique and defence of theodicy
In this essay, moral anti-theodicy is characterized as opposition to the trivialization of suffering, defined as the reinterpretation of horrendous evils in a way the sufferer cannot accept. Ambitious theodicy (which claim goods emerge from specific evils) is deemed always to trivialize horrendous evils and, because there is no specific theoretical context, also harm sufferers. Moral anti-theodicy is susceptible to two main criticisms. First, it …
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Moral critique and defence of theodicy
In this essay, moral anti-theodicy is characterized as opposition to the trivialization of suffering, defined as the reinterpretation of horrendous evils in a way the sufferer cannot accept. Ambitious theodicy (which claim goods emerge from specific evils) is deemed always to trivialize horrendous evils and, because there is no specific theoretical context, also harm sufferers. Moral anti-theodicy is susceptible to two main criticisms. First, it …
Tillich’s Theodicies
This essay explores the development of Tillich’s writings on the relationship between divine providence and suffering, and his approach to theodicy. First, I attend to the various stations of his early life and his earliest writings in various genres. Here we see the instrumental‐pedagogical theodicies of his student days and earliest preaching give way to an increased emphasis on the suffering of God. However, unlike many twentieth century theol…
Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Theodicy (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Augustinian Studies and Theology (1 work) · Consequentialism (1 work)