God and the Problem of Evil brings together influential essays on the question of whether the amount of seemingly pointless malice and suffering in our world counts against the rationality of belief in God, a being who is said to be all-powerful, all-knowing, and perfectly good.
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"God and the Problem of Evil is the best anthology on this important topic on the market. Highly recommended for classroom adoption." Bill Wainwright, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
"This is a splendid and unique collection. It contains both explicit and implicit dialogue. It is beautifully balanced between atheistic and theistic perspectives. And for its size it is remarkably comprehensive, covering both logical and evidential problems and both theodicies and defenses. Paul Draper, Florida International University
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God and the Problem of Evil considers the question of whether the amount of seemingly pointless malice and suffering in our world counts against the rationality of belief in God, a being who is understood to be all-powerful, all-knowing, and perfectly good.
Beginning with historically significant essays by Leibniz and Hume, the book then focuses on contemporary discussions of the problem of evil. The volume concludes with three important articles that sketch an explanation of why God might need to permit the terrible evils that abound in our world.
The study of these essays and replies will provide students with a thorough understanding of the central issues involved in the problem of evil.
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Great Collection of Essays,
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This review is from: God and the Problem of Evil (Blackwell Readings in Philosophy) (Paperback)
William Rowe has made significant contributions to the field of philosophy of religion. His work on the evidential problem of evil has been stimulating and fair. This collection of essays is no different. Rowe does a fine job of bringing together a variety of perspectives on the problem of evil. Section 1 offers a historical framework for the discussion. Section 2 examines the logical problem of evil. Sections 3 and 4 are the high lights in my mind because most of the contemporary debates are taking place on the issues covered here. Section 3 covers the evidential argument from evil and section 4 presents several of the major strands of theodicy.
I wish to make one further comment on section 3. This is where a majority of the debates are taking place. Surprisingly, the logical problem of evil has been widely agreed upon to be of little difficulty for theistic belief. As such the focus in the contemporary scene has been on whether or not evil provides evidence against theistic belief. Does the existence of evil make theistic belief less likely than atheism? This section contains a great back and forth between Rowe arguing against theism, and Mike Bergmann and Daniel Howard-Snyder critiquing Rowe's argument. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the problem of evil or in philosophy of religion.
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This review is from: God and the Problem of Evil (Blackwell Readings in Philosophy) (Paperback)
This is a good philosophy book although I disagree with much of the content and thoughts by Rowe. If you are advocate of Rowe than you will appreciate his scholarly work. If you are a Christian theist than be prepared to have a great argument.
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218. I come now to the principal objection M. Bayle, after M. Arnauld, brings up against me. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
evidential arguer, noseeum assumption, noseeum arguments, perfectly good moral agent, amoral pain, transworld damnation, hedonic utopia, evidential argument from evil, morally sufficient reason, explicit theodicy, transworld depravity, first order evil, strongly actualizes, given theism, massive irregularity, justifying goods, evils that occur, horrific suffering, perfectly good being, persisting desire, horrendous evils, omnipotent thing, free will theodicy, irregular world, epistemic probability Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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218. I come now to the principal objection M. Bayle, after M. Arnauld, brings up against me. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
evidential arguer, noseeum assumption, noseeum arguments, perfectly good moral agent, amoral pain, transworld damnation, hedonic utopia, evidential argument from evil, morally sufficient reason, explicit theodicy, transworld depravity, first order evil, strongly actualizes, given theism, massive irregularity, justifying goods, evils that occur, horrific suffering, perfectly good being, persisting desire, horrendous evils, omnipotent thing, free will theodicy, irregular world, epistemic probability Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Free Will Defence, Alvin Plantinga, Free Will Defender, Clarendon Press, Daniel Howard-Snyder, Richard Swinburne, Duns Scotus, Peter van Inwagen, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Paul Draper, University of Notre Dame Press, American Philosophical Quarterly, John Hick, Other Name, David Hume, Leibniz's Lapse, New Testament, Robert Merrihew Adams, The Inductive Argument, Therefore God, Absolutely Light, Cornell University Press, Eleonore Stump, Indifferent Deity Hypothesis New!
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- Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion: The Posthumous Essays of the Immortality of the Soul and of Suicide by David Hume on 8 pages
- The Evidential Argument from Evil (Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion) by Daniel Howard-Snyder on 7 pages
- The Problem of Evil (Oxford Readings in Philosophy) by Marilyn McCord Adams on 5 pages
- The Problem of Evil: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St. Andrews in 2003 by Peter van Inwagen on 4 pages
- The Nature of Necessity (Clarendon Library of Logic & Philosophy) by Alvin Plantinga on 4 pages
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- Virtue Ethics (Blackwell Readings in Philosophy) by Stephen Darwall in Front Matter
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- Epistemology: Internalism and Externalism (Blackwell Readings in Philosophy) by Hilary Kornblith in Front Matter
- Theories of Truth (Blackwell Readings in Philosophy) by Frederick F. Schmitt in Front Matter
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