The Puzzle of EvilM.E. Sharpe, 1997 - 205 pages 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. |
Contents
Letter to the Reader | 13 |
The Free Will Defence | 37 |
Natural Evil | 54 |
Is It All Worth It? | 71 |
Conclusion to the Problem of Evil | 81 |
Can God Act in the World? | 125 |
Animal Suffering and Physical Evil | 140 |
Moral Evil Job and Ivan | 153 |
The Devil and All His Works | 168 |
Is The Challenge of Freedom | 184 |
Conclusion 207 | 201 |
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