Short resources on Theodicy?

[Stope]

Next week Im reading the C.S. Lewis' Problem of Pain. I know that he wasnt a Calvinist, so not sure what he will say on the issue... Anybody sum up his view? Thoughts?

Also, can anyone notate, by way of bullet point, the sort of various summaries on Reformed (and other) thinking on the subject?

Lastly, can anyone recommend short online articles for the various views?

 

[Ask Mr. Religion]

I am no fan of Cliff Notes versions of sacred topics, so I cannot recommend bullet points, etc., given the amount of unstated assumptions that arise. If persons ask me for my opinion of the "problem" of evil, I remind them that God has His own morally sufficient reason for the evil that exists in our world.

What I can do is recommend the following:

https://www.monergism.com/evil-and-theodicy-cornelius-van-til

Originally handwritten in two bound notebooks, this paper dealing with the problem of evil, dated March 31, 1923, won the middler year contest for the A. A. Hodge prize in systematic theology and was presented to C. W. Hodge, Jr.

As to Lewis' work, this ought to satisfy your interest in what to expect:
https://erikreads.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/problem-of-pain.pdf

Lastly, see resources here:
https://www.monergism.com/search?keywords=theodicy&format=All

 

[MW]

http://members.tripod.com/~quick_geelong/Docs/Buchanans_Theodicy.pdf

James Buchanan ultimately came down to the point which Van Til would later argue -- that God is His own theodicy. As he reminds us, "God is the sole competent judge of what would be an adequate expression of His own holy abhorrence of evil."

This is called voluntarism in traditional language. It is right because God wills it. Voluntarism turns out to be an inescapable aspect of human morality. In every ethical system there is a presupposed moral standard which in and of itself cannot be questioned by another standard without relinquishing the authority of the moral standard by which judgments are made.