Studia Theologica 2022, 24(2):129-148 | DOI: 10.5507/sth.2022.009908
Open theism is known for its greater logical precision, its notion of an all-perfect personal and temporal God, and its resulting ‘risky’ theodicy. In discussions on the logical argument from evil, the world-order and the value of free moral agency have become crucial. One of the necessary elements of moral life is the existence of particular physical and moral evils for which there cannot be a greater particular good to justify them. Particularly problematic are the horrendous evils from which the limits of the general rationalist approach emerged. The advantage of open theism is that where other concepts resort to mystery, theological determinism, or radically limit God’s possibilities, open theism postulates God as an all-perfect person, capable of defeating evils in the afterlife, and instructing and training us in how to overcome evils in this world. Soteriology retains the same concept of God and the same value of human freedom, and, as a result, is close to the traditional Christian understanding of eternal life.
Vloženo: srpen 2021; Revidováno: leden 2022; Přijato: leden 2022; Zveřejněno: srpen 2022
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