Suffering and the Search for Meaning: Contemporary Responses to the Problem of Pain (Biblia.com)

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Suffering is a philosophical problem, but it is much more. It is deeply personal. Why is this happening to me? How can I respond to friends and family in pain and loss, and to people in my care? Richard Rice guides readers through the seven most significant theodicies—approaches that have been used to make sense of suffering in light of God's justice or control. He considers the strengths and...

cooperation of the creatures. And because the creatures are free, they may or may not decide to cooperate. From the perfect plan perspective, the world we live in is the way God wants it to be—not the way it will ultimately be, perhaps, but the way God wants it to be now. From the free will perspective, in contrast, the world we live in now is not the world God wants. It’s a “fallen world.” It is a drastic departure from God’s ideal. The difference in these views of creation leads to a striking difference

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