Examples of theodicy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That paradox—Why would a benevolent God create evil and permit suffering?—the question of theodicy, triggered my own crisis of faith. — Cyrena Touros, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Mar. 2021 Seeing her construct her own theodicy from the simple process of observing and reasoning is like watching the passage of two thousand years over a few months. — Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2021 By Annie Dillard Published in 1974, Dillard’s diary of a year spent by Tinker Creek, which runs near Roanoke, Va., in the Blue Ridge Mountains, combines close observation with a philosophical inquiry about theodicy. — Lorraine Berry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2020 He’s written an odd little book, a hodgepodge of music criticism, theodicy, biography, exegesis, meditations on fatherhood, and musings on his own prison ministry. — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2020 That mystery, rather too peremptorily stated in this story, is familiar in Trevor’s work, much of which could be read as problems in theodicy. — Katherine A. Powers, WSJ, 11 May 2018 In religion, theodicy is the branch of writing that tries to explain how a perfect god would nonetheless make our lives so painful. — Wyatt Mason, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2017

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