DAILY ASSIGNMENTS

    Part VI: The Problem of Evil

Day 23, Monday, April 10: A conversation with Dr. Sarah K. Pinnock: A Philosophical-Historical Approach to the Holocaust Theodicy and religious responses to The Problem of Evil

• Reading: James C. Livingston, “Theodicy: Encountering Evil,” Anatomy of the Sacred, Chapter 11, pp. 235-256.
• *Reading: Sarah K. Pinnock, “Beyond Theodicy: Evaluating Theodicy from a Practical Perspective,” Beyond Theodicy: Jewish and Christian Continental Thinkers Respond to the Holocaust, Chapter 8, pp. 129-144.
  

TODAY AT 10:00 P.M. IS THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING ON T-LEARN YOUR CHOICE OF AT LEAST ONE APPPROACH YOU WISH TO APPLY TO THE TWO COMMUNITIES YOU WILL STUDY IN DEPTH. ONLY ONE APPROACH MUST BE CHOSEN AT THIS TIME, SINCE THERE ARE MORE APPROACHES TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. HOWEVER, IF YOU CHOSE TWO NOW, ONE CAN BE TENTATIVE AND CAN BE SUBSTITUTED FOR IF YOU FIND ANOTHER APPROACH IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS THAT YOU WOULD PREFER TO USE. THIS SUBMISSION SHOULD INCLUDE A BRIEF RATIONALE FOR YOUR CHOICE OR CHOICES, WITH A THESIS STATEMENT/SUMMARY OF YOUR OVERALL ARGUMENT, ALONG WITH REFERENCE TO AT LEAST ONE SCHOLARLY CRITIQUE OF THE APPROACH(ES) (NO MORE THAN 200 WORDS).

Day 24, Wednesday, April 12: Theodicy and religious responses to The Problem of Evil

• *Reading: Kurt Gray, and Daniel M. Wegner, “Blaming God for Our Pain: Human Suffering and the Divine Mind,” Pers Soc Psychol Rev, February 2010 14: 7-16, first published on November 19, 2009.

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