God and evolutionary evil: Theodicy in the light of darwinism

Zygon

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 803-824

  Southgate, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co creators; Creation; Evolution; Extinction; Intrinsic value; Natural selection; Process theology; Sabbath; Soteriology; Status of humanity; Teleology; Theodicy; Theology of eschatology

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649214390     PISSN: 05912385     EISSN: 14679744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9744.00459     Document Type: Article

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