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n. A vindication of God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil.

n. A justification of a deity, or the attributes of a deity, especially in regard to the existence of evil and suffering in the world; a work or discourse justifying the ways of God.

n. A vindication of the justice of God in ordaining or permitting natural and moral evil.

n. That department of philosophy which treats of the being, perfections, and government of God, and the immortality of the soul.

n. An exposition of the theory of divine Providence with a view to the vindication of the attributes, particularly of the holiness and justice, of God, in establishing the present order of things, in which evil, moral as well as physical, largely exists.

n. the branch of theology that defends God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil

"I've always felt that one of his most important inquiries, into theodicy is revealing about the issues here, if one expands the term theodicy beyond the religious, and considers whether any contingent event such as the puritans' otherwise unexplainable good fortune can prompt a challenge of meaning."

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