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Groaning of Creation: Index of posts

Thought it might be helpful to have links to all my posts on Christopher Southgate’s book on animal theodicy, The Groaning of Creation, in one place.

1. Intro
2. The only way?
3. God so loved the world
4. There’s a wideness in God’s mercy
5. Heaven can wait
6. Priests of creation
7. The (vegetarian) restaurant at the end of the universe
8. The ethics of the Ark
9. Concluding thoughts

12 responses to “Groaning of Creation: Index of posts”

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  2. […] of posts in this series is here. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)The Groaning of Creation 3: God so loved the […]

  3. […] of posts in this series is here. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)The Groaning of Creation 2: The Only Way?Love […]

  4. […] As a follow-up of sorts to my reading of Christopher Southgate’s The Groaning of Creation, I picked up Jay McDaniel’s Of God and Pelicans: A Theology of Reverence for Life, which […]

  5. […] expands on an idea he discussed briefly in his recent book The Groaning of Creation (see my posts here). Southgate points out that, due to human-caused climate change, we’re looking at a massive […]

  6. Thanks for this extensive look at Chris Southgate’s work on theodicy. I am one of his research students – undergoing work in evolutionary theodicy. [08’2011]

  7. […] to human sin, but he also rejects “evolutionary” theodicies (such as that offered by Christopher Southgate) which portray predation as a necessary part of creation. Instead, Clough prefers what he calls a […]

  8. […] may be aware of my ongoing interest in this problem. For instance, in my blogging on Christopher Southgate’s book on animal theodicy, I discussed his “only way” argument. This is the argument that creating by means of an […]

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