131: The problem of evil and suffering, with Eleonore Stump

Pints With Aquinas

Matt Fradd

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Pints With Aquinas is funded by listeners like you, support on Patreon here. Here's my previous episode on the problem of evil. Here's how Aquinas formulated the problem of evil: "It seems that God does not exist; because if one of two contraries be infinite, the other would be altogether destroyed. But the word "God" means that He is infinite goodness. If, therefore, God existed, there would be no evil discoverable; but there is evil in the world. Therefore God does not exist." A bit about my guest Eleonore Stump: Eleonore Stump is the Robert J. Henle Professor of Philosophy at Saint Louis University, where she has taught since 1992. She is also Honorary Professor at Wuhan University and at the Logos Institute, St. Andrews, and she is a Professorial Fellow at Australian Catholic University. She has published extensively in philosophy of religion, contemporary metaphysics, and medieval philosophy. Her books include her major study Aquinas (Routledge, 2003), her extensive treatment of the problem of evil, Wandering in Darkness: Narrative and the Problem of Suffering (Oxford, 2010), and her far-reaching examination of human redemption, Atonement (Oxford, 2018). She has given the Gifford Lectures (Aberdeen, 2003), the Wilde lectures (Oxford, 2006), the Stewart lectures (Princeton, 2009) and the Stanton lectures (Cambridge, 2018). She is past president of the Society of Christian Philosophers, the American Catholic Philosophical Association, and the American Philosophical Association, Central Division; and she is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. SPONSORS EL Investments: https://www.elinvestments.net/pints Exodus 90: https://exodus90.com/mattfradd/ Hallow: http://hallow.app/mattfradd STRIVE: https://www.strive21.com/ GIVING Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mattfradd This show (and all the plans we have in store) wouldn't be possible without you. I can't thank those of you who support me enough. Seriously! Thanks for essentially being a co-producer coproducer of the show. LINKS Website: https://pintswithaquinas.com/ Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/matt-fradd FREE 21 Day Detox From Porn Course: https://www.strive21.com/ SOCIAL Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattfradd Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattfradd Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattfradd MY BOOKS Does God Exist: https://www.amazon.com/Does-God-Exist-Socratic-Dialogue-ebook/dp/B081ZGYJW3/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586377974&sr=8-9 Marian Consecration With Aquinas: https://www.amazon.com/Marian-Consecration-Aquinas-Growing-Closer-ebook/dp/B083XRQMTF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586379026&sr=8-4 The Porn Myth: https://www.ignatius.com/The-Porn-Myth-P1985.aspx CONTACT Book me to speak: https://www.mattfradd.com/speakerrequestform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Get out everybody, really excited about my episode today with renowned philosopher and
0:06.2	termist Dr. Eleanor Stump.
0:08.6	But before we get into the show, I want to let you know that I'm doing a promotion for
0:12.6	this month to try to bring more people into Patreon.
0:16.2	We're doing a lot more work.
0:18.2	We're doing a lot of video, as you've probably seen.
0:20.8	I'm commissioning artists to create beautiful illustrations of St. Thomas Aquinas, which
0:25.5	I'm printing in books that I want to literally give away for free.
0:29.8	If you want to buy them in bulk, for example, I'll give you the number for the printer.
0:34.8	So you pay legitimately the same price that I do.
0:37.8	I'm also doing a trip to Uganda next month, which I'm doing for free.
0:42.5	And yeah, we're just trying to do more and more great stuff.
0:46.4	But like, as the saying goes, water's free whiskey costs money.
0:50.6	It's a good saying.
0:51.8	And this stuff does all cost money.
0:53.7	So if you've been wanting to support Pines with Aquinas on Patreon and the work that
0:57.5	I'm doing as a whole, but you have it up until now, here's an incentive to do so.
1:01.3	So all of this month, if you give $10 or more to me on Patreon, you get all of the free
1:07.3	stuff that I normally give you in return, like access to our exclusive audio library, our
1:12.8	audio books.
1:13.8	By the way, we've got a really exciting audio book coming just for you, Patreon's really
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