Theodicy

Theological attempt to resolve the problem of evil This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. The specific problem is: idiosyncratic tone and presentation, especially in the "biblical" section. Please help improve this article if you can. (December 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Gottfried Leibniz coined the term theodicy to justify God's existence in light of the apparent imperfections of the world. Part of a series onTheodicy Key concepts Absence of good Augustinian theodicy Best of all possible worlds Divine retribution Evolutionary theodicy Free will Irenaean theodicy Moral evil Natural evil Problem of evil Theodicy and the Bible Notable figures Adams Saint Augustine Hick Saint Irenaeus Leibniz Maimonides Maistre Malebranche Malthus Plantinga Swinburne Thomas Works Dialogue between a Manand His God (c. 1664 BC) De libero arbitrio voluntatis (388–395) The Guide for the Perplexed (c. 1190) Théodicée (1710) An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) St Petersburg Dialogues (1821) Lectures on the Philosophy of History (1837) The Problem of Pain (1940) A Grief Observed (1961) When Bad Things Happen to Good People (1981) vte Part