Citation: Burns, Elizabeth (2014) Where the conflict really lies: Plantinga, the challenge of evil, and religious naturalism. Philosophia Reformata, 79 (1). pp. 66-82. ISSN 0031-8035
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Abstract
In this paper I argue that, although Alvin Plantinga’s Felix Culpa theodicy appears on only two pages of 'Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion and Naturalism' (2011), it is of pivotal importance for the book as a whole. Plantinga argues that there is superficial conflict but deep concord between science and monotheism, and that there is superficial concord but deep conflict between science and naturalism. I contend that the weakness of the Felix Culpa theodicy lends support to the view that there is more than superficial conflict between science and monotheism, and offer an alternative response to the challenge of evil which suggests that there might be, after all, concord between science and (religious) naturalism.
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| Creators: | Burns, Elizabeth (0000-0001-7009-9948) and |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1163/22116117-90000563 |
| Official URL: | http://www.brill.com/products/journal/philosophia-... |
| Subjects: | Philosophy |
| Keywords: | Alvin Plantinga, Donald A. Crosby, problem of evil, Felix Culpa theodicy, religious naturalism |
| Divisions: | University of London International Academy |
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