PhD: Twitter quote 34

PhD: Twitter quote 34

York Cathedral, 2001

Phillips reasons that practical ‘existential’ evils must be dealt with properly by theodicy. Phillips (2005: xii).

PHILLIPS, D.Z. (2005) The Problem of Evil and the Problem of God, Fortress Press, Minneapolis.

2010 Theodicy and Practical Theology: PhD thesis, the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, Lampeter 

In other words, a theodicy needs to accurately deal with logical and gratuitously problems of evil, while offering practical theology to deal with evils in existence.