![]() ![]() Rather than promoting a single perspective, Pathways in Theodicy explores the plurality of options available to treat the problem of evil and the provisional and tentative nature of theodicy, which searches not for final, definitive solutions but for viable ways to move the conversation forward. Scott explores the strengths and weaknesses of classic and contemporary perspectives on the problem of evil and invites readers to assess the cogency and relevance of each on their own. Scott reinvigorates stalled debates in philosophy and theology through a detailed reassessment of the problem of evil and the task of theodicy and through a careful analysis of the major models and motifs in theodicy. Scott rightly notes that an overemphasis on such events as para-digmatic can lead to overlooking other important eruptions of evil. In Pathways in Theodicy, designed for students and scholars alike, Mark S. Path-ways in Theodicysometimes refers to paradigmatic evils, events such as the Holocaust orthe terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, which embody the problem of evil in espe-cially shocking ways. ![]() Academic studies on theodicy, moreover, typically succumb to theological deficiency and abstraction, often devoid of any concrete connection to Christian life and practice. The problem of evil perennially vexes theology, but many theologians have abandoned the project of theodicy, or the theological explanation of evil, as either fruitless or hopeless. ![]()
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