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This concise survey examines the problem of evil in the context of the philosophy of religion. The main problem of evil consists in reconciling belief in a just and loving God with evil and suffering in the world. Michael Peterson deals with this issue by working through questions such as the following: What is the relation of rational belief to religious faith? What responses have important thinkers advanced and which seem most promising? Is it possible to maintain religious commitment in light of evil? Peterson relies on the helpful distinction between moral and natural evil to clarify our understanding of the different aspects of the problem as well as avenues for response. The reader of this book gains not only an intellectual grasp of the debate over God and evil in professional philosophy but also the personal benefit of thinking through one of the most important issues in human life.
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This concise survey examines the problem of evil in the context of the philosophy of religion. The main problem of evil consists in reconciling belief in a just and loving God with evil and suffering in the world. Michael Peterson deals with this issue by working through questions such as the following: What is the relation of rational belief to religious faith? What responses have important thinkers advanced and which seem most promising? Is it possible to maintain religious commitment in light of evil? Peterson relies on the helpful distinction between moral and natural evil to clarify our understanding of the different aspects of the problem as well as avenues for response. The reader of this book gains not only an intellectual grasp of the debate over God and evil in professional philosophy but also the personal benefit of thinking through one of the most important issues in human life.
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Michael Peterson is professor of philosophy at Asbury College and the author of several books.
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argument from gratuitous evil, perplexing distributions, expanded theism, restricted theism, atheistic critic, standard theism, theistic propositions, evidential argument, pointless evil, outweighing goods, strong foundationalism, theistic response, morally sufficient reason, broadly logical sense, process theodicy, probabilistic problem, horrendous evils, evidential problem, classical theists, gratuitous evils, many theists, evil equally, logically possible world, process thinkers, factual premise Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Free Will Defense, Notre Dame, Alvin Plantinga, Grand Rapids, Bruce Reichenbach, Oxford University Press, William Hasker, Clarendon Press, David Basinger, Indiana University Press, John Hick, William Rowe, American Philosophical Quarterly, Cornell University Press, Selected Readings, Baker Book House, Cambridge University Press, David Hume, International Journal, Ivan Karamazov, Daniel Howard-Snyder, Philosophical Studies, Stephen Wykstra, Suggested Readings Adams New!
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argument from gratuitous evil, perplexing distributions, expanded theism, restricted theism, atheistic critic, standard theism, theistic propositions, evidential argument, pointless evil, outweighing goods, strong foundationalism, theistic response, morally sufficient reason, broadly logical sense, process theodicy, probabilistic problem, horrendous evils, evidential problem, classical theists, gratuitous evils, many theists, evil equally, logically possible world, process thinkers, factual premise Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Free Will Defense, Notre Dame, Alvin Plantinga, Grand Rapids, Bruce Reichenbach, Oxford University Press, William Hasker, Clarendon Press, David Basinger, Indiana University Press, John Hick, William Rowe, American Philosophical Quarterly, Cornell University Press, Selected Readings, Baker Book House, Cambridge University Press, David Hume, International Journal, Ivan Karamazov, Daniel Howard-Snyder, Philosophical Studies, Stephen Wykstra, Suggested Readings Adams New!
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- God, Freedom, and Evil by Alvin Plantinga on 10 pages
- The Problem of Evil (Oxford Readings in Philosophy) by Marilyn McCord Adams on 8 pages
- The Problem of Evil: Selected Readings (Library of Religious Philosophy) by Michael L. Peterson on 4 pages
- The Problem of Evil: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St. Andrews in 2003 by Peter van Inwagen on 4 pages
- God and Other Minds: A Study of the Rational Justification of Belief in God (Cornell Paperbacks) by Alvin Plantinga on page 31, page 43, and page 61
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- Conversing With Barth (Barth Studies) by Mike Higton on page 171
- Reason and Religious Belief: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion by Michael Peterson on page 153
- Why I Rejected Christianity: A Former Apologist Explains by John W. Loftus on page 117
- New Essays on the History of Autonomy: A Collection Honoring J. B. Schneewind by Natalie Brender on page 85
- The Problem of Evil in the Western Tradition: From the Book of Job to Modern Genetics (Scripture) by Joseph F. Kelly in Back Matter
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