> "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > Anybody have any idea? > > ruthsimplicity wrote: > > I think he found a new cool word and wanted to use it. > I also see from a google search that the word is used > in the context of making sense of suffering of black people, > but it really seems out of place in his piece.
wikipedia has a good (but long) article, explaining this word Theodicy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodicy#Examples_of_theodicy