Why this book?
- The book examines the problem of evil from the perspective of lived experience and concrete human suffering.
- The work offers a contemporary reading of Muhammad Iqbal’s thought in response to the problem of evil.
- The book moves beyond abstract theodicies and emphasizes human responsibility.
- This work is suitable for readers interested in philosophy of religion, theology, and the relationship between God, humanity, and suffering.
About the book
“Beyond Evil, Beyond Suffering” addresses one of the central issues in philosophy of religion: the problem of evil, a longstanding challenge for understanding the relationship between God and human suffering.
Saeideh Mirsadri seeks to present a different response to the problem of evil based on the metaphysics of Muhammad Iqbal. Rather than remaining at the level of abstract logical discussions, the book takes human suffering as the starting point of philosophical reflection.
The book critiques some traditional approaches to theodicy and emphasizes human responses such as lament, protest, and efforts to reduce suffering in the world. In this perspective, confronting evil is not merely a theoretical question about divine attributes but also a question of human responsibility toward suffering.
“Based on the metaphysics of Muhammad Iqbal, this work attempts to offer a new response to the problem of evil that is understandable in the language of our time, takes the existential and human dimension of evil seriously, and moves away from the abstract and rigid language of theodicy.”