The Puzzle of Evil

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M.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
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Dr Peter Vardy is lecturer in Philosophy of Religion at London University's Heythrop College.

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