Resolving The Problem Of Evil (Paperback)
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Paperback. Resolving the Problem of Evil: A Formally Reasoned Theodicy presents a step-by-step, analytic pathway that invites rigorous evaluation. Each definition is explicit, each inference is shown, and every conclusion is grounded in Scripture (Sola Scriptura) while remaining in broad continuity with the Christian philosophical tradition.WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER: A logically consistent theodicy demonstrating how a perfectly good and all-powerful God can coexist with real, pervasive evil and suffering-without weakening either divine goodness or power.Sharp distinctions between the logical and evidential problems of evil, including focused treatments of moral evil, natural evil, and so-called "gratuitous" evil.A precise map of core concepts-evil, harm, suffering, permission, causation-so debates don't collapse into equivocation.How classical and contemporary responses (privation accounts, soul-making, greater-good reasoning, and more) integrate into a unified, testable framework.Biblically reasoned conclusions that cohere with God's unwavering goodness across the canon, with careful attention to key passages and doctrinal implications.Analytically transparent arguments you can follow line by line-open to acceptance or refutation strictly on the merits.THE "FIVE OBLIGATIONS" FRAMEWORK (GUIDING PRINCIPLES)Define evil (moral, natural, and suffering-related) in its fullest, most precise sense.Define God's omnibenevolence and omnipotence in their fullest, absolute sense.Employ formal logic and analytic philosophy to keep the reasoning clear, transparent, and testable.Show broad consistency with the historic Christian philosophical tradition (no radical novelty for novelty's sake).Remain completely faithful to Scripture-Sola Scriptura governs both premises and conclusions.WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR (ADVANCED READERS)Professors and graduate students in Christian theology, analytic philosophy of religion, and biblical studies.Seminary faculty and doctoral candidates researching divine goodness, providence, suffering, and theodicy.Formally trained pastors and theologians with academic backgrounds seeking a rigorously argued, Scripture-anchored framework.Christian philosophers and apologists who work with formal logic and want line-by-line, analytically transparent arguments.Note: This text presumes familiarity with formal logic, classical theodicy, and analytic philosophy of religion.If you're ready to move beyond either/or compromises and see how God's perfect goodness coheres with the existence of evil without contradiction, this book provides the clarity you've been missing. TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1: Argument Summary2: Beings & Intrinsic Qualities3: Defining the Core Concepts4: The Natures of God and Man5: Nature Determines Perception6: Incompatibility of Frames and Terms7: The Many Beings Fallacy8: A New Foundation9: The True Source of Tension10: The Ontology of the Framework11: Defining Frame Specific Terms12: Resolving the Problem of Evil13: Resolving the Evidential PoE14: Resolving the Problem of Natural Evil15: Conclusions on Human Suffering16: Conclusions on Salvation17: Conclusion on Final Judgement18: Conclusions on the Problem of Hell19: On Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit20: Resolving Relativism & Absolutism21: Conclusions on the Nature of Heaven22: Augustine on Evil23: Thomistic Perspectives on Evil24: Calvin on the Problem of Evil25: Hume on the Problem of Evil26: Conclusions on Theodicy Buy Reso Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Resolving The Problem Of Evil (Paperback)
- Author
- Brett D. Henderson
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798297321335
- Series
- Book 2 of 4: The Many Beings Framework
Every Christian meets the problem of evil eventually: in a hospital room, in a headline, or in the question of a child. If God is perfectly good and truly almighty, why is there so much suffering?
Resolving The Problem Of Evil presents a step-by-step, analytic theodicy that invites rigorous evaluation of Frame-Indexed Classical Theism (FICT). Each definition is explicit, each inference is shown, and every conclusion is grounded in Scripture (Sola Scriptura) while remaining in broad continuity with the Christian philosophical tradition.
WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER:
- A logically consistent theodicy demonstrating how a perfectly good and all-powerful God can coexist with real, pervasive evil and suffering, without weakening either divine goodness or power.
- Sharp distinctions between the logical and evidential problems of evil, including focused treatments of moral evil, natural evil, and so-called "gratuitous" evil.
- A precise map of the core concepts (evil, harm, suffering, permission, causation) so debates don't collapse into equivocation.
- How classical and contemporary responses (privation accounts, soul-making, greater-good reasoning) integrate into one unified, testable account, with focused engagements with Augustine, Aquinas, Calvin, and Hume.
- Where frame-indexing goes beyond every standard response: why the whole debate rests on predicating "good" and "permits" univocally across the divine and human frames, and what dissolves when the frames are separated.
- Conclusions carried all the way through the hardest doctrines: human suffering, the blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, relativism and absolutism, and the nature of heaven.
- Analytically transparent arguments you can follow line by line, open to acceptance or refutation strictly on the merits.
WHAT IS FRAME-INDEXED CLASSICAL THEISM?
FICT is the position that the classic dilemmas of theology are not unsolvable mysteries but artifacts of a single formal error: predicating terms univocally across the divine and human frames, when a being's nature fixes its frame of apprehension. Index each term to its frame and the contradiction dissolves. Applied here: God's omnibenevolence is absolute in the divine frame, evil and suffering are real in the human frame, and the coexistence of the two involves no contradiction at all.
WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR
- Christians who have met the problem of evil personally, in suffering, in doubt, or in a conversation that shook them, and found the standard answers thin.
- Apologists who need the logical and evidential arguments distinguished cleanly, with responses that hold up under pressure instead of collapsing into "God has His reasons."
- Pastors, teachers, and students who want a theodicy they can teach and defend line by line, grounded in Scripture across the canon.
- Philosophers and academics who want the formal backbone: explicit definitions, transparent inferences, conclusions open to refutation on the merits.
THE MANY BEINGS FRAMEWORK
One framework, six classic dilemmas: free will and sovereignty (Book 1), the problem of evil (Book 2), time and eternity (Book 3), immutability and interaction (Book 4), infinity and creation (Book 5), and relativity and the divine frame (Book 6). Each volume reads standalone, and Book 1's Kindle edition is free.
If you're ready to move beyond either/or compromises and see how God's perfect goodness coheres with the existence of evil without contradiction, this book provides the clarity you've been missing.
Buy Resolving The Problem Of Evil now and start reading today.
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