@article{Hubaczek_2006, title={The theodicy of the absence of a theodicy. The problem of evil in John Hick’s thought}, url={https://diametros.uj.edu.pl/diametros/article/view/195}, DOI={10.13153/diam.7.2006.195}, abstractNote={<p>The aim of this paper is to present the main strands of John Hick’s response to the problem of evil. I start by contrasting the rudiments of traditional theodicy (of St. Augustine and Leibniz) with the essential ideas of St. Irenaeus, who was John Hick’s principal source of inspiration. Then I compare some of the components of Hick’s theodicy, <em>epistemological distance, soul-making process</em> and <em>universal salvation</em>, with the thought of non-analytical philosophers such as Franz Rosenzweig, Józef Tischner, and Viktor E. Frankl. I also analyse the main objections to an Irenaean type of theodicy formulated on the ground of contemporary analytical philosophy of religion. Finally, I claim Hick’s view to be one of the most interesting approaches to the problem of <em>horrendous evil</em> in the history of theodicy.</p>}, number={7}, journal={Diametros}, author={Hubaczek, Krzysztof}, year={2006}, month={Mar.}, pages={1–21} }