Category:Theodicy

The main article for this category is Theodicy.

See also: Religious responses to the problem of evil

This category is for articles about theodicy: the attempt to answer the question of why a good God permits the manifestation of evil. Theodicy attempts to resolve the problem of evil by reconciling the traditional divine characteristics of omnibenevolence, omnipotence, and omniscience, in either their absolute or relative form, with the occurrence of evil or suffering in the world.