{"title":"Being with Others and the Practice of Theodicy","authors":"Stuart Jesson","doi":"10.1177/09539468241283237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09539468241283237","url":null,"abstract":"In this article I aim to highlight one aspect of what it is like to address the problem of evil. The discussion aims to show that the suffering of others comes to matter, in part, because of the way in which we are with others, and they with us. Through a sustained discussion of the film 12 Years a Slave, and drawing on the idea of joint attention, I suggest that the possibility of sharing attitudes with others is central to our experience of the meaning of suffering. In dialogue with the moral philosophy of Stephen Darwall, I highlight the way in which—at least in some significant cases—being with others depends on mutual answerability. These points suggest that whilst moral critics of theodicy are right to emphasise the way that the practice of theodicy can involve a failure to recognise the seriousness of suffering, it is a mistake to think that the suffering of others is ‘hermeneutically off-limits’ to me: whilst we may often be concerned for others, we can also be concerned with them. This, it is claimed, is an intrinsic part of the difficulty of the problem of evil, as well as one reason for its moral significance.","PeriodicalId":43593,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Christian Ethics","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142209872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Test All Things: The Bible, Faith, and Science by Gijsbert van den Brink","authors":"Michael Agerbo Mørch","doi":"10.1177/09539468241261193m","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09539468241261193m","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43593,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Christian Ethics","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142209871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Another Kind of Normal: Ethical Life II by Graham Ward","authors":"Andrew Clark-Howard","doi":"10.1177/09539468241261193n","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09539468241261193n","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43593,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Christian Ethics","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142209875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: The Logic of Love: Christian Ethics and Moral Psychology by Andrew Cameron","authors":"Conor M. Kelly","doi":"10.1177/09539468241261193c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09539468241261193c","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43593,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Christian Ethics","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142209873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Imagination in an Age of Crisis: Soundings from the Arts and Theology by Jason Goroncy and Rod Pattenden (eds.)","authors":"Joy Clarkson","doi":"10.1177/09539468241261193h","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09539468241261193h","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43593,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Christian Ethics","volume":"62 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142209882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Discipleship and Unity: Bonhoeffer’s Ecumenical Theology by Cole Jodon","authors":"Andrew Root","doi":"10.1177/09539468241261193i","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09539468241261193i","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43593,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Christian Ethics","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142209869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Disciples and Friends: Investigations in Disability, Dementia, and Mental Health: Essays in Honor of John Swinton by Brian R. Brock and Armond Leon van Ommen (eds.)","authors":"Keith Dow","doi":"10.1177/09539468241261193b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09539468241261193b","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43593,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Christian Ethics","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142209879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Lying and Truthfulness: A Thomistic Perspective by Stewart Clem","authors":"Megan E. Heeder","doi":"10.1177/09539468241261193d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09539468241261193d","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43593,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Christian Ethics","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142209874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Participation and Atonement: An Analytic and Constructive Account by Oliver D. Crisp","authors":"David McIlroy","doi":"10.1177/09539468241261193f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09539468241261193f","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43593,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Christian Ethics","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142209880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: Apocalyptic Theopolitics: Essays and Sermons on Eschatology, Ethics, and Politics by Elizabeth Phillips","authors":"Eric Bugyis","doi":"10.1177/09539468241261193l","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09539468241261193l","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43593,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Christian Ethics","volume":"266 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142209881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}