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Interview Date
2011
Abstract
Dr. Paul Lakeland discusses the fact that only Western religions have a problem of having to justify the coexistence of evil and an all-powerful, all-loving God. He then speaks about the necessity, in these religions, of adapting one’s view of a supreme being to one whose existence does not contradict the fact that there is evil in the world.
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Lakeland, Paul F. and Benney, Alfred. Created by Alfred Benney. "Dr. Paul Lakeland Engages with the Question: How Would You Respond to a Student Who Says "There Is so Much Evil in the World, God Cannot Exist?"" January 2011. DigitalCommons@Fairfield. Web. https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/asrvideos/360
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Playing Time:7:47 minutes
Interview Date: circa 2010-2011
About the Interviewee: Dr. Paul Lakeland received his Licentiate in Philosophy from Heythrop Pontifical Athenaeum, his M.A. in English Language and Literature from Oxford University, his Bachelor of Divinity from the University of London and his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. He is currently the Aloysius P. Kelley, S.J. Professor of Catholic Studies and Director of Fairfield's Center for Catholic Studies. He is a former chairperson of the Religious Studies Department and a former director of the Honors Program. Dr. Lakeland’s research interests include the roles of the laity in the Catholic Church, the papacy, religion and literature and the relations between religious commitment and progressive politics. He is the prolific author of numerous scholarly articles and 9 books including Liberation of the Laity, Catholicism at the Crossroads, and A Council That Will Never End.
About the Interviewer: Dr. Alfred Benney is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Fairfield University. He has a Ph.D in Theology from the Hartford Seminary Foundation and taught courses in Non-Traditional American Religions and Christian Religious Thought. His research interests include “how people learn”; “the appropriate use of technology in teaching/learning”; and “myth as explanatory narrative”. He has published work on teaching with technology.