RESPONSE WITH A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY with Bethany Sollereder and Andrew Robinson, “Essays in Honor of Christopher Southgate: Introduction.” Evolutionary Theodicy with Denis Edwards, “Christopher Southgate's Compound Theodicy: Parallel Searchings”; Ted Peters, “Extinction, Natural Evil, and the Cosmic Cross”; Robert John Russell, “Southgate's Compound Only‐Way Evolutionary Theodicy: Deep Appreciation and Further Directions”; Bethany Sollereder, “Exploring Old and New Paths in Theodicy”; Holmes Rolston, III, “Redeeming a Cruciform Na

• Published in: Zygon Vol. 53; no. 3; pp. 909 - 930
• Main Author: Southgate, Christopher
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.09.2018
• ISSN: 0591-2385; 1467-9744
• DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12460

Abstract In this response to the articles in this issue, Southgate considers lessons to be learned in respect of science–religion teaching, and about his edited textbook God, Humanity and the Cosmos . He emphasizes the importance of collaborative work in theology. He then considers issues in evolutionary theodicy raised by other contributors, especially eschatology, divine passibility, and the status of the “only way” explanation of evolutionary suffering. Lastly, he engages with critiques of his work based on a preference for characterizing the disvalues of creation in terms of “mysterious fallenness.” The article is followed by a select bibliography of his published work since 1979.