# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Is This the Best of All Possible Worlds? Islamic Reflections on Theodicy
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 11:45 am – Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 01:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Dive into Islamic views on why pain exists—are we living in the best possible world? Join us in person!About this EventIs This the Best of All Possible Worlds?Centuries before Leibniz’s famous claim that of all the innumerable possible worlds, God must have chosen the best, Islamic thinkers across philosophical and theological traditions grappled with similar ideas. If God is supremely good and powerful, perhaps the evident suffering and other evils in the world can be explained by the fact that no world could have been better, even if that seems contrary to our usual intuitions. In this lecture, I will discuss how major Islamic figures, from Avicenna and al-Ghazali to al-Maturidi and members of the Mu’tazila, tackled this and related questions, why their proposed solutions to the problem differed, and what resources they might give us to think and live with today.
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- **city**: Birmingham
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Arts Building
- **lat**: 52.4503364
- **long**: -1.9278123
- **full address**: Arts Building, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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- **Q**: When and where is Is This the Best of All Possible Worlds? Islamic Reflections on Theodicy being held?
  - **A:** Is This the Best of All Possible Worlds? Islamic Reflections on Theodicy takes place on Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 11:45 am to Wed, 04 Feb, 2026 at 01:30 pm at Arts Building, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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