theodicies

n.the branch of theology that defends God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil

Sacred conceptions: clinical theodicies, uncertain science, and technologies of procreation in India.
Sufferings, theodicies, disciplinary practices, appropriations
Context‐bound Islamic theodicies: The tsunami as supernatural retribution vs. natural catastrophe in Southern Thailand
Against Multiverse Theodicies
Why me?: Theodicies of infertile women and men
Animals and the Problem of Evil in Recent Theodicies
Structures of greater good theodicies: The objection from alternative goods
Second thoughts on the alleged failure of free will theodicies
Theodicies in Conflict: A Dilemma in Puritan Ethics and Nineteenth-Century American Literature by Richard Forrer
God’s Role in Suffering: Theodicies, Divine Struggle, and Mental Health.