TY  - BOOK
AU  - Connie Johnson
PY  - 2025
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783034358842
TI  - A Soteriologically Centered Theodicy
T2  - A Comprehensive Study of Salvation and God’s Benevolence in an Evil World
DO  - 10.3726/b22944
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1563981
N2  - A Soteriologically Centered Theodicy responds to the question of how a loving God, who wants people to be saved, could have created them into a world full of evil. It examines the greatest manifestation of God’s love, the provision of salvation for humanity, in light of the existence of evil. In the Christian religion, humans can choose to spend eternity with God, or to suffer eternal damnation. God honors humans’ choices, right or wrong, even if the result is evil. Many evils do take place, both moral and natural, and God is not obligated to bring about a greater good from them. Yet God remains sovereign, and his attributes are not impugned. These attestations appear to conflict with one another. However, the author offers a biblically, theologically, and logically sound theodicy, providing for the simultaneous resolution needed for the harmonious coexistence of these attestations. The author delves into such issues as the nature of evil, God’s attributes, libertarian freedom, and salvation. God has given humans libertarian freedom to make real choices regarding their salvation and all aspects of life. This book will be vital reading for scholars and students of theology, as well as ministers, counsellors and all those interested in this difficult paradox of the Christian faith.
KW  - Theodicy, God and evil, eternal damnation, salvation, libertarian freedom, middle knowledge, gratuitous evil, best possible world, soteriology, benevolence and sovereignty of God, suffering, predestination, Connie Johnson
LA  - English
ER  -