The Exemplarist Theodicy by Joshua R. Sijuwade - 9781041267652

The Exemplarist TheodicyA Philosophical Response to the Problem of Evil\nAuthor(s): Joshua R. Sijuwade\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781041267652, 978-1041267652\nSynopsis\nThis book presents a novel approach to one of the most formidable challenges to theistic belief: the problem of evil. Integrating insights from contemporary moral philosophy and religious thought, it develops a comprehensive framework for understanding how suffering serves as a necessary condition for exemplar transformation in both humans and non-human animals.\n\nThe books central aim is to demonstrate - through what the author terms the Exemplarist Theodicy - that God allows suffering because it is essential to a four-stage exemplarist transformative process that culminates in the formation of exemplars who ground morality and spread goodness throughout the world through their exemplary lives.\n\nBy systematically analysing this process, th.