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Unearned Suffering Is Redemptive: The Roots And Implications Of Martin Luther King, Jr.’S Redemptive Suffering Theodicy, Mika Edmondson
Unearned Suffering Is Redemptive: The Roots And Implications Of Martin Luther King, Jr.’S Redemptive Suffering Theodicy, Mika Edmondson
CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations
This dissertation analyzes the roots and implications of Martin Luther King Jr.'s redemptive suffering theodicy, reconsidering its continued relevance to contemporary discussions about theodicy among black theologians and within the black church. Through his home and church influences, King inherited a nearly 250-year-old black redemptive suffering tradition that traces back to early Negro spirituals and abolitionist works. King carefully developed these traditional theodical themes through critical engagement with Protestant liberal sources before applying his redemptive suffering formula during the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. With a view towards the cross and the omnipotent personal God's good purposes …
In Defense Of Leibniz's Theodicy, Nathan A. Jacobs
In Defense Of Leibniz's Theodicy, Nathan A. Jacobs
CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations
G. W. Leibniz professes a commitment to historical Christian theism, but the depth and orthodoxy of his commitment has been questioned throughout the past three centuries. In this project I defend both the cogency and the orthodoxy of Leibniz’s philosophical theology and, by extension, its application to the Christian task of theodicy. At the heart of this defense is the central claim of this project, namely, that Leibniz’s philosophical theology represents a traditional brand of Augustinianism. In short, I argue that Leibniz’s theodicy is not his own, but is the tacit claim of a longstanding theological tradition made explicit and …