While doing some research for Theological Ethics (one of the modules I'm taking this term), I discovered that Robert Merrihew Adams and Marilyn McCord Adams - both of whom are household names in the philosophy of religion - are married!
Robert Merrihew Adams is (among other things) the author of Must God Create the Best [Possible World]? (1972), Middle Knowledge and the Problem of Evil (1977) and of course, Finite and Infinite Goods (1999) - the text for Theological Ethics, while Marilyn McCord Adams is (among other things) the author of Hell and the Justice of God (1975), Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God (1999) and Christ and Horrors: The Coherence of Christology (2006). In fact, the Adams have co-edited a collection of essays on the problem of evil.
Having taken Philosophy of Religion last year and Philosophical Theology last term, I've come across both of their names a couple of times. However, it never really occurred to me before that they are a couple.
Interestingly, Marilyn McCord Adams - in addition to being a philosopher - is also an ordained priest in the Episcopal Church in the US. I wonder how the Adams work through theological (or for that matter, philosophical) issues as a couple...
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