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Teodícea Johna Hicka a jeho zdôvodnenie života po smrti
John Hick’s Theodicy and His Reasoning for the Life after Death

Author(s): Mária Spišiaková
Subject(s): Philosophy, Theology and Religion
Published by: Teologická fakulta Trnavskej univerzity
Keywords: soul-making theodicy; reincarnation; life after death; John Hick;

Summary/Abstract: Soul-making theodicy of J. Hick is based on the premise that the purpose of human life is moral and spiritual maturity. The finite persons are created in an immature stage and have to attain moral and spiritual perfection through their own free choices in religiously ambiguous and ethically demanding world containing moral and physical evil. The long process of becoming a “child of God” starts by birth but it doesn’t stop with the death of the body. Problem of evil will be resolved only when all persons attain the purpose of their life given by God. It requires the possibility of continuing improvement in the lives after death. Successive lives should evolve in a limited time, in a different world and in a different body.

  • Issue Year: 3/2012
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 5-20
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Slovak