AN APPRAISAL OF LEIBNIZ’S THEODICY AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO THE CONTEMPORARY CHURCH

Abstract

A variety of arguments have been offered in response to the problem of evil, and some have been used in both theodicies and defenses. This paper seeks to elucidate for the church some significant understanding about evil using Leibniz’s theodicy. A philosophical approach was used in its appraisal. The paper submits that God should be seen as a cosmic judge as well as a providential Father who allows evils for the actualization of his purpose among others.