Divine-Human Intersubjectivity and the Problem of Evil

What is it about?

Who bears responsibility for the existence of evil in this world. In the classical understanding of the God-world relationship, God is the primary cause of everything that happens; the creature is the secondary or instrumental cause of what decides. In an inter-subjective relationship between God and creatures, God empowers the creature to make its own choice but the creature makes the choice either for good or evil. Hence, the creature is the primary cause for the existence of evil; God is only the secondary cause

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Why is it important?

The problem of theodicy, i.e., justifying the actions of God in governing a world with much pain and suffering, has been very difficult to solve to the satisfaction of all parties. The present article represents a welcome new approach