Title: A Map of Evil
Lecturer: Michael Lloyd (Professor and Principal of Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford)
Chairperson: Xiaobai Chu (Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Language & Literature, East China Normal University)
Date: 1 pm, May 24th, 2017 (Wednesday)
Venue: Room 5303, Building of School of Humanities, Minhang Campus, ECNU
Sponsor: Si-mian Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities, ECNU
Abstract of the Lecture:
It has long been acknowledged that the fact, amount and uneven distribution of suffering raises problems for religious belief. This lecture will examine every family of response to the problem of suffering within Christian theology. It will explore the strengths and weaknesses of each approach, and it will then go on to suggest a way of responding to the problem of suffering which, Dr. Lloyd believes, avoids many of the weaknesses inherent in other approaches.
Brief Introduction of the Lecturer:
Revd Dr. Michael Lloyd, Principal of Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford
BA, Cambridge (English)
MA, Durham, (Theology)
DPhil, Oxford (Theology) (Title: The Cosmic Fall and the Free Will Defense)
Michael Lloyd is the Principal of Wycliffe Hall and was formerly the chaplain at The Queen’s College, University of Oxford and the Director of Studies in Theology at Christ’s College, Cambridge University. Dr Lloyd has taught theology and doctrine at the University of Oxford, Cambridge University and St Paul’s Theological Centre, London. He has published the popular introduction Café Theology and has a particular interest in the doctrine of evil, the problem of pain.