Islamic Theology and the Problem of Evil.

Chowdhury, Safaruk.

Islamic Theology and the Problem of Evil. - 1st ed. - Cairo : American University in Cairo Press, 2021. ©2021. - 1 online resource (261 pages)

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Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Problem of Evil: Outlines -- 2 Disability, Suffering, and Four Theodicies -- 3 Nonhuman Innocents: Theodicies for the Problem of Animal Pain and Suffering -- 4 Toward an Islamic Evolutionary Theodicy -- 5 Flames of Love and Wrath: Hell and the Problem of Everlasting Punishment -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- Appendix: Four Texts on the Problem of Animal Pain and Suffering -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

A rigorous study of the problem of evil in Islamic theology Like their Jewish and Christian co-religionists, Muslims have grappled with how God, who is perfectly good, compassionate, merciful, powerful, and wise permits intense and profuse evil and suffering in the world.

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Suffering--Religious aspects--Islam. Theodicy. Islamic ethics. Good and evil--Religious aspects--Islam.


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