{"product_id":"the-image-of-god-eleonore-stump-9780192847836","title":"The Image of God: The Problem of Evil and the Problem of Mourning","description":"The problem of evil has generated varying attempts at theodicy. To show that suffering is defeated for a sufferer, a theodicy argues that there is an outweighing benefit which could not have been gotten without the suffering. Typically, this condition has the tacit presupposition \u003cem\u003egiven that this is a post-Fall world\u003c\/em\u003e. Consequently, there is a sense in which human suffering would not be shown to be defeated even if there were a successful theodicy because a theodicy typically implies that the benefit in question could have been gotten without the suffering if there had not been a Fall. There is a part of the problem of evil that would remain, then, even if there were a successful theodicy. This is the problem of mourning: even defeated suffering in the post-Fall world merits mourning. How is this warranted mourning compatible with the existence of an omniscient, omnipotent, perfectly good God? The traditional response to this problem is the \u003cem\u003efelix culpa\u003c\/em\u003e view, which maintains that the original sin was fortunate because there is an outweighing benefit to sufferers that could not be gotten in a world without suffering. The \u003cem\u003efelix culpa\u003c\/em\u003e view presupposes an object of evaluation, namely, the true self of a human being, and a standard of evaluation for human lives. This book explores these and a variety of other topics in philosophical theology in order to explain and evaluate the role of suffering in human lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eleonore Stump\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019284783X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780192847836\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.55h x 6.32w x 1.13d","brand":"Eleonore Stump","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056802787583,"sku":"9780192847836","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4a81f6d1-5313-407e-a40f-a83afc367899.jpg?v=1685043360","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-image-of-god-eleonore-stump-9780192847836","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}