Daniel Johnson on Calvinism: Calvinism and the Problem of Evil
The first essay, "Calvinism and the Problem of Evil: A Map of the Territory," in Calvinism and the Problem of Evil is by one of the two editors, Daniel Johnson. The point of Johnson’s paper is to show that there are a variety of distinctions within the Reformed tradition that can be brought together to provide plausible response to the problem of evil. This chapter is a bit long - too long for one post - and there is already material in the first section worth discussing. That will be this focus in this post. What is Calvinism? In answering this question, Johnson distinguishes between two strands of Calvinism: one is soteriological and one is deterministic. The former concerns our ability with respective to salvation whereas the latter is a [...]