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Book SynopsisPhilosophers and theologians debate whether evidence of evil undermines belief in God.
Trade Review"Recommended for use in an undergraduate or graduate course in the philosophy of religion." - Religious Studies Review"... all of the essays here are of excellent quality and are generally representative of the best recent arguments on the topic... Although several of the essays are very challenging and not for the beginner, the book as a whole provides an outstanding introduction to the problem of evil." - International Philosophy Quarterly"The dialogue between the essays is well orchestrated... While nominally about evil, many different advancements in epistemology and Bayesian analysis add to its net worth, achieving an even greater good from its already engaging treatment of evil." - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion"For putting such a resource at our fingertips, we are all indebted to the authors whose work is collected here and especially the 'collector' himself: Daniel Howard-Snyder." - Faith & Philosophy
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction: The Evidential Argument from Evil/Daniel Howard-Snyder
The Problem of Evil and Some Varieties of Atheism/William L. Rowe
Pain and Pleasure: An Evidential Problem for Theists/Paul draper
Some Major Strands of Theodicy/Richard G. Swinburne
Aquinas on the Sufferings of Job/Eleonore Stump
Epistemic Probability and Evil/Alvin Plantinga
The Inductive Argument from evil and the Human Cognitive Condition/William P. Alston
RoweÆs Noseeum Arguments from Evil/Stephen Wypkstra
The Problem of Evil, the Problem of Air, and the Problem of Silence/Peter van Inwagen
The Skeptical Theist/Paul Draper
Defenseless/Bruce Russell
Some Difficulties in Theistic Treatments of Evil/Richard Gale
Reflections on the Essays of Draper, Russell, and Gale/Peter van Inwagen
On being Evidentially Challenged/Alvin Plantinga
The Evidential Argument from Evil: A Second Look/William L. Rowe
The Argument from Inscrutable Evil/Daniel Howard-Snyder
Some (Temporarily) Final Thoughts on Evidential ARguments from Evil/William P. Alston
Bibliography
Contributors
Index
