The Puzzle of Evil
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 1997
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-7656-0167-4 (ISBN)
Description
First Published in 2015. The first half of this book concludes that, if human reason is master, there seems to be no way of equating a good and powerful God with evil in the world. In the second half, searching for a solution, the author takes as his starting point St Augustine's credo, I believe in order that I may understand. He builds up a series of statements which express the central Christian convictions in relation to the problem of evil, a viewpoint which the reader may accept or not.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7656-0167-4 (9780765601674)
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Person
Dr Peter Vardy is lecturer in Philosophy of Religion at London University's Heythrop College.
Content
Part I The Problem of Evil; Chapter 1 The Problem Stated; Chapter 2 A God's Eye View; Chapter 3 The Free Will Defence; Chapter 4 Natural Evil; Chapter 5 Is It All Worth It?; Chapter 6 Conclusion to the Problem of Evil; Part II The Mystery of Evil; Chapter 7 Introduction; Chapter 8 The Euthyphro Dilemma; Chapter 9 Albrecht Ritschl - Absolute Value Judgements; Chapter 10 God Almighty; Chapter 11 Can God Act in the World?; Chapter 12 Animal Suffering and Physical Evil; Chapter 13 Moral Evil - Job and Ivan; Chapter 14 The Devil and All His Works; Chapter 15 The Challenge of Freedom; Chapter 16 Conclusion;