How Could a Good God Allow Evil? | Prof. Rik Van Nieuwenhove

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🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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This lecture was given on January 25th, 2024, at Trinity College Dublin.

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About the Speaker:

Prof. Rik Van Nieuwenhove lectures in Medieval Thought at Durham University, UK. He has published scholarly articles on medieval theology and spirituality, theology of the Trinity, and soteriology. His books include: Introduction to Medieval Theology (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012); Jan van Ruusbroec. Mystical Theologian of the Trinity (IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2003); Introduction to the Trinity (with D. Marmion) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011); and he is editor of The Theology of Thomas Aquinas (with J. Wawrykow) (IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2005); and Late Medieval Mysticism of the Low Countries (with R. Faesen & H. Rolfson) (NJ: Paulist Press, 2008). Presently he is researching the topic of contemplation in Thomas Aquinas.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Tomistic Institute podcast.
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0:25.3	Thank you for being here.
0:27.5	Thank you to the Tomistic Institute here in Trinity College
0:31.4	for the invitation.
0:33.6	Can everybody hear me?
0:36.1	Yes.
0:36.9	Okay, good.
0:38.3	Most of you should have a handout.
0:41.3	I provided it to assist you with this lecture.
0:46.3	How can a good God allow evil?
0:49.3	It's not an easy question.
0:52.3	And the answer from a Thomas' perspective of the response to this question
0:56.1	isn't straightforward either. That doesn't mean it's not convincing, but it is complex.
1:02.5	We need to look at some of our presuppositions that govern our outlook on the world in order
1:07.7	to begin to address this question, including the relationship between God and the world.
1:13.6	Right.
1:15.6	A popular objection against a belief in a God who extends his providence or care over the world
1:24.6	pretty much runs as follows.
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