Ma`rifat-e Kalami, Volume 10, Issue 1, No 22, Year 2025 , Pages 51-65
Power of the Process God: the Challenge of the Theology of Process in Solving the Problem of Evil
Article Type:
Research
Writers:
Mohsen / Ph.D. Student of the Philosophy of Science at Sharif University of Technology / mohsen.moghri@yahoo.com
Abstract:
The “Process theology” considers the merely encouraging power of God as a barrier to getting caught in the trap of the problem of evil, and thereby, proclaims its ontological superiority over the theology of open God. But the Open theism knows the process God responsible for the evil of the world equally, and even offers solutions to the problem of evil by resorting to God's algebraic power. In this article, while explaining the power of the process God, we come to the conflict of two schools over the problem of evil. Then, by presenting an analysis of the positions of the two sides, we first address some of the shortcomings of the "Open theism" in criticizing the "theology of process" and answering the question of "evil". Secondly, we show that the theology of process can provide a sufficient answer to this problem that avoids the ambiguities and deficiencies embodied in the concept of the power of the process God. Although the theology of process offers a more appropriate answer to the problem of "evil", it has some ambiguities about the power of the process God that greatly undermine the value of this answer
چکیده و کلیدواژه فارسی (Persian)
Title :قدرت خدای پویشی: چالش الهیات پویشی در حل مسئله «شر»
Abstract:
«الهیات پویشی» قدرت صرفاً ترغیبیِ خداوند را مانع گرفتار آمدن آن در دام مسئله‌ی «شر» می بیند و بدین روی، برتریِ هستی شناسی خود را نسبت به «الهیات» خدای گشوده اعلام می دارد. اما الهیات خدای گشوده، خدای پویشی را به همان اندازه مسئول شرور جهان می شناسد و حتی راه حل هایی را به مسئله «شر» با توسل به قدرت جبریِ خداوند ارائه می دهد. در این مقاله، ضمن تشریح قدرت خدای پویشی، به نزاع دو مکتب بر سر مسئله «شر» ورود پیدا می کنیم. سپس با ارائه‌ی تحلیلی از مواضع دو طرف، اولاً به برخی نقیصه های «الهیات خدای گشوده» در نقد «الهیات پویشی» و نیز پاسخ گویی به مسئله «شر» اشاره می کنیم. ثانیاً، نشان می دهیم که الهیات پویشی در صورتی می تواند پاسخ درخوری به مسئله‌ی مزبور ارائه دهد که از ابهامات و نقیصه های مندرج در مفهوم «قدرت خدای پویشی» اجتناب ورزد. اگرچه الهیات پویشی پاسخ مناسب تری به مسئله «شر» ارائه می دهد، اما دچار ابهاماتی درباره‌ی قدرت خدای پویشی است که از ارزش این پاسخ به شدت می کاهد.
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, Mohsen.(2025) Power of the Process God: the Challenge of the Theology of Process in Solving the Problem of Evil. Ma`rifat-e Kalami, 10(1), 51-65
Mohsen ."Power of the Process God: the Challenge of the Theology of Process in Solving the Problem of Evil". Ma`rifat-e Kalami, 10, 1, 2025, 51-65
, M.(2025) 'Power of the Process God: the Challenge of the Theology of Process in Solving the Problem of Evil', Ma`rifat-e Kalami, 10(1), pp. 51-65
