Editing Theodicy

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! colspan="2" | Theodicy
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| Concept / ideal
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| [[Philosophy of religion]]
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| [[Category:Knowledge, reason, and evidence|Knowledge, reason, and evidence]]
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'''Theodicy''' is a concept or ideal used in the comparative study of religion, theology, and philosophy of religion. On Wikitheism, it is treated as part of '''knowledge, reason, and evidence''': questions about faith, reason, revelation, interpretation, religious experience, and religious truth-claims.

== Overview ==

This page is a neutral starter article. It is meant to help editors compare how different traditions understand, practice, criticize, or reinterpret the idea of '''Theodicy'''. The meaning of the term may vary across traditions, languages, historical periods, and schools of interpretation.

== In philosophy of religion ==

In philosophy of religion, concepts such as '''Theodicy''' can be studied through questions about meaning, truth, practice, value, experience, community, and ultimate reality. Some traditions treat such concepts as doctrines, while others treat them as symbols, disciplines, ethical ideals, ritual patterns, or interpretive categories.

== Associated traditions and worldviews ==

The following traditions and worldviews are good starting points for connecting this concept to Wikitheism articles:

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* [[Christianity]]
* [[Islam]]
* [[Judaism]]
* [[Hinduism]]
* [[Buddhism]]
* [[Baha'i Faith]]
* [[New Religious Movements]]
* [[Unaffiliated and Secular Worldviews]]
* [[Unitarian Universalism]]
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== Related concepts ==

* [[Faith]]
* [[Reason]]
* [[Revelation]]
* [[Religious experience]]
* [[Hermeneutics]]
* [[Scripture]]
* [[Tradition]]
* [[Authority]]

== See also ==

* [[Philosophy of religion]]
* [[Religious concepts and ideals]]
* [[Concepts and ideals by tradition]]

[[Category:Religious concepts and ideals]]
[[Category:Philosophy of religion]]
[[Category:Knowledge, reason, and evidence]]