John Woell
Albion College, Religious Studies, Department Member
- John W. Woell is Associate Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Academic Affairs and Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Albion College in Albion Michigan. He previously served as Associate Provost at Albion College; as Assistant Dean of the Lloyd International Honors College at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; and as Professor of Religion, Chair of the Department of Religion, and Director of the George Center for Honors Studies at Greensboro College.edit
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This essay offers a brief history of process theology and a sense of its current concerns by discussing the varying responses to the problem of evil within that history. From within the wellspring of process theism, it is possible to... more
This essay offers a brief history of process theology and a sense of its current concerns by discussing the varying responses to the problem of evil within that history. From within the wellspring of process theism, it is possible to argue cogently for both a God whose moral perfection is maintained and a God whose moral ambiguity is emphasized. It is possible as well to argue for both a God whose divine justice eventually transforms all evil and a God whose divine complexity maintains the messiness of the actual world.
