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Chapter 1: Introduction by Christopher Southgate
Chapter 2:
2.1 Michael Lloyd (Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, UK)
2.1.1 On an originating cause of disvalues in the natural world
2.1.2 On God's relation to the suffering of non-human creatures
2.1.3 On the role of atonement
2.1.4 On the eschatological life of creatures
2.1.5 Lloyd on the strengths and weakness of his scheme
2.2 Neil Messer (Baylor University, USA)
2.2.1 On an originating cause of disvalues in the natural world
2.2.2 On God's relation to the suffering of non-human creatures
2.2.3 On the role of atonement
2.2.4 On the eschatological life of creatures
2.2.5 Messer on the strengths and weaknesses of his scheme
2.3 Christopher Southgate (University of Exeter, UK)
2.3.1 On an originating cause of disvalues in the natural world
2.3.2 On God's relation to the suffering of non-human creatures
2.3.3 On the role of atonement
2.3.4 On the eschatological life of creatures
2.3.5 Southgate on the strengths and weaknesses of his scheme
2.4 Bethany Sollereder (University of Edinburgh, UK)
2.4.1 On an originating cause of disvalues in the natural world
2.4.2 On God's relation to the suffering of non-human creatures
2.4.3 On the role of atonement
2.4.4 On the eschatological life of creatures
2.4.5 Sollereder on the strengths and weakness of her scheme
2.5 Response by Paul Fiddes (University of Oxford, UK) to the initial position papers, and outlining of his own position
2.5.1 Four position papers, two groups
2.5.2 An originating cause and an ongoing relation
2.5.3 The resistance to God in all creation
2.5.4 Atonement and eschatology
Chapter 3
3.1 Michael Lloyd
3.1.1 Is my three-fold taxonomy too rigid?
3.1.2 Is God the ultimate 'cause' of the disvalues of creation?
3.1.3 How far does the Fall of the Angels hypothesis get us?
3.1.4 Why does God not use divine power to prevent or ameliorate suffering?
3.1.5 If God's action in the world is non-coercive, how can we sustain eschatological hope?
3.1.6 Could the process of evolution have happened otherwise?
3.1.7 Three questions for the Resistance Theodicy
3.2 Neil Messer
3.2.1 Das Nichtige, resistance, and originating causes
3.2.2 Death, pain, and suffering
3.2.3 Divine co-suffering, atonement, and eschatology
3.2.4 Conclusion
3.3. Christopher Southgate
3.3.1 Two emerging emphases
3.3.2 God's onging providential engagement
3.3.3 Atonement and eschatology
3.4 Bethany Sollereder
3.4.1 The necessity of suffering
3.4.2 The Cooperation of God with the world
3.4.3 Eschatological Hope
3.4.4 Resistance and Reconciliation in Humans
3.5 Paul Fiddes
3.5.1 The nature of theodicy
3.5.2 Proportionate and disproportionate suffering
3.5.3 The state of a fallen universe
3.5.4 The 'only way' and the argument from non-being
3.5.5 The nature of freedom
3.5.6 The response of creatures to an open-ended purpose
3.5.7 Suffering as something strange to God
3.5.8 Divine cooperation and the new creation
Chapter 4 Mark Wynn (University of Oxford, UK): reflection on the conversation
Chapter 5 Christopher Southgate: conclusion Bibliography Index