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God and evil : the case for God in a world filled with pain / edited by Chad Meister and James K. Dew, Jr.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextDescription: 360 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780830837847 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0830837841 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 231/.8 23
LOC classification:
  • BT160 .G55 2013
Contents:
Introduction -- Part one: what is evil and why is it a problem? -- Evidential problems of evil / Gregory E. Ganssle and Yena Lee -- The logical problem of evil / James K. Dew Jr. -- God and gratuitous evil / Bruce Little -- Part two: some reasons God might allow evil -- Natural evil: a "free process" defense / Garry DeWeese -- Augustine and the problem of evil / R. Douglas Geivett -- The Irenaean soul-making theodicy / James Spiegel -- Leibniz and the best of all possible worlds / Jill Graper Hernandez -- Part three: evil and other relevant themes -- Evil and primeval sin: how evil emerged in a very good creation / Paul Copan -- Evil and original sin / Paul Copan -- Evil and the hiddenness of God / Chad Meister -- Evil and prayer: set prayers and other special weapons and tactics in times of trouble / Charles Taliaferro -- Evil, the resurrection and the example of Jesus / Gary Habermas -- Evil in non-Christian religions / Win Corduan -- Evil and the new atheism / David Beck -- Evil as evidence for Christianity / Gregory E. Ganssle -- Part four: issues in dialogue -- Diversity, evil and hell: a particularist approach / William Lane Craig -- God and hell reconciled / Kyle Blanchette and Jerry L. Walls -- Evil, creation and intelligent design / William Dembski -- Evil, creation and evolution / Karl W. Giberson and Francis S. Collins -- Appendix: The Craig-Tooley debate: theism, atheism and the problem of evil / William Lane Craig and Michael Tooley.
Summary: "The question of evil--its origins, its justification, its solution--has plagued humankind from the beginning. Every generation raises the question and struggles with the responses it is given. Questions about the nature of evil and how it is reconciled with the truth claims of Christianity are unavoidable; we need to be prepared to respond to such questions with great clarity and good faith. God and Evil compiles the best thinking on all angles on the question of evil, from some of the finest scholars in religion, philosophy and apologetics" -- Back Cover.
Item type: Books
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks Books BT 160 .G55 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA24712 Available AUA24712

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction -- Part one: what is evil and why is it a problem? -- Evidential problems of evil / Gregory E. Ganssle and Yena Lee -- The logical problem of evil / James K. Dew Jr. -- God and gratuitous evil / Bruce Little -- Part two: some reasons God might allow evil -- Natural evil: a "free process" defense / Garry DeWeese -- Augustine and the problem of evil / R. Douglas Geivett -- The Irenaean soul-making theodicy / James Spiegel -- Leibniz and the best of all possible worlds / Jill Graper Hernandez -- Part three: evil and other relevant themes -- Evil and primeval sin: how evil emerged in a very good creation / Paul Copan -- Evil and original sin / Paul Copan -- Evil and the hiddenness of God / Chad Meister -- Evil and prayer: set prayers and other special weapons and tactics in times of trouble / Charles Taliaferro -- Evil, the resurrection and the example of Jesus / Gary Habermas -- Evil in non-Christian religions / Win Corduan -- Evil and the new atheism / David Beck -- Evil as evidence for Christianity / Gregory E. Ganssle -- Part four: issues in dialogue -- Diversity, evil and hell: a particularist approach / William Lane Craig -- God and hell reconciled / Kyle Blanchette and Jerry L. Walls -- Evil, creation and intelligent design / William Dembski -- Evil, creation and evolution / Karl W. Giberson and Francis S. Collins -- Appendix: The Craig-Tooley debate: theism, atheism and the problem of evil / William Lane Craig and Michael Tooley.

"The question of evil--its origins, its justification, its solution--has plagued humankind from the beginning. Every generation raises the question and struggles with the responses it is given. Questions about the nature of evil and how it is reconciled with the truth claims of Christianity are unavoidable; we need to be prepared to respond to such questions with great clarity and good faith. God and Evil compiles the best thinking on all angles on the question of evil, from some of the finest scholars in religion, philosophy and apologetics" -- Back Cover.