Marilyn McCord Adams

The Reverend Professor
Marilyn McCord Adams
Adams in 2006
Born
Marilyn McCord

(1943-10-12)October 12, 1943
Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.
DiedMarch 22, 2017(2017-03-22) (aged 73)
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Spouse
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(m. 1966)​
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity (Anglican)
Church
Ordained1987 (deacon · priest)[1]
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisThe Problem of God's Foreknowledge and Free Will in Boethius and William Ockham[2] (1967)
Academic work
DisciplinePhilosophy
Sub-discipline
School or traditionAnalytic philosophy
Institutions
Main interestsTheodicy[3]
Notable works
  • Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God (1999)
  • Christ and Horrors (2006)
InfluencedChristine Helmer [Wikidata][4]

Marilyn McCord Adams (October 12, 1943 – March 22, 2017) was an American philosopher and Episcopal priest. She specialized in the philosophy of religion, philosophical theology, and medieval philosophy. She was Horace Tracy Pitkin Professor of Historical Theology at Yale Divinity School from 1998 to 2003 and Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford from 2004 to 2009.

  1. ^ Chazanov, Mathis (February 13, 1988). "Intellect Led Her to Philosophy, Faith to Episcopal Priesthood". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  2. ^ Adams, Marilyn McCord (1967). The Problem of God's Foreknowledge and Free Will in Boethius and William Ockham (PhD thesis). Ithaca, New York: Cornell University. OCLC 977403171.
  3. ^ Oppy, Graham (2013). "Rowe's Evidential Arguments from Evil". In McBrayer, Justin P.; Howard-Snyder, Daniel (eds.). The Blackwell Companion to the Problem of Evil. Malden, Massachusetts: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-118-60801-2.
  4. ^ Helmer, Christine (2018). "Marilyn McCord Adams: How a Theologian Works". Anglican Theological Review. 100 (2): 328. doi:10.1177/000332861810000206. ISSN 0003-3286. S2CID 171835306.