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theodicy

philosophical and/or theological theory which attempts to explain how a good God could create a world containing so much evil
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Summary

theodicy is a branch of theology[1]. theodicy ranks in the top 10% of branch of theology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,345 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: philosophical theory[3]
  • Part of: philosophy of religion[4], theology[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Theodicy[6]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[7], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8], Otto's encyclopedia[9]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://christianity.stackexchange.com/tags/theodicy[10], https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/tags/theodicy[11]
  • Is the study of: problem of evil[12]
  • P14483: t/teodicea[13]

Why It Matters

theodicy has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] theodicy is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

theology

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  11. [13] ↑ . wikitolica.com. Retrieved . wikitolica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 20d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es', '
    Gnd id → 4059740-4
    Sitelink count → 49
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 16w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 6346
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Oxford classical dictionary id: 6346, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107288292|theodicy (#107288292)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classic"
  3. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0308002-teodicea
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0308002-teodicea, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  4. 20w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Otto's encyclopedia
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33786|batch #33786]]: Remove redundant described by source (P1343) - ID P14483 is present."
  5. 20w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → t/teodicea
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14483: t/teodicea, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779859433286"
  6. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Is the study of → problem of evil
    Subclass of → philosophical theory
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 12453, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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