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Theodicy & Antitheodicy Workshop

Dates:20 November 2023
Times:All day
What is it:Workshop
Organiser:School of Social Sciences
Who is it for:University staff, External researchers
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We would like to warmly invite you to the Theodicy & Antitheodicy workshop taking place at the University of Manchester, Monday, November 20, 2023. This event is generously funded by the University of Manchester Global Scholars Fund.

LOCATION: Whitworth Hall, Committee Room F

TALK SCHEDULE:

11:15-12:15 – ‘Antitheodicy Re-Examined’ – Slater Simek (University of Manchester)

12:15 – 12:45 – lunch

12:45 – 1:45 – ‘The Morality of Theodicy’ – Michael Scott (University of Manchester)

1:45 – 2:45 – ‘A Response to Sami Pihlström’s Anti-theodical Argument Based on Meaningless Suffering’ – Maikki Aakko (University of Oxford)

2:45 – 3:00 – tea/coffee

3:00 – 4:00 – ‘Skeptical Theism and What Theodicies Do Not Need to Do’ – Daniel Woolnough (University of Oxford)

4:00 – 5:00 ‘God's Creative Trade-offs: an Exercise in Modal Cartography’ – Max Baker-Hytch (University of Oxford)

Lunch, tea, and coffee will be provided. Attendees are welcome but spaces are limited and registration is *required*. Please email slater.simek@manchester.ac.uk to register your attendance. For those who cannot make it in person, there is a Zoom option available.

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