The Problem of Evil
The Problem of Evil: Eight Views in Dialogue

The Problem of Evil: Eight Views in Dialogue


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One of those rare questions in philosophy that is not only technically recalcitrant but also engages the hearts and minds of the broad community is the so-called 'problem of evil': How can the existence of an absolutely perfect God be reconciled with the existence of suffering and evil? This collection of dialogues between eight philosophers of religion explores new ways of thinking about this longstanding problem, in the process reorienting and reinvigorating the philosophical debate around the relationship between God, goodness and evil: How exactly are these three notions connected, if at all? Is God the cause, or author, of evil and suffering? How is the goodness of God to be understood, and how is divine goodness related to human morality? Does God's perfect goodness entail that God must have reasons for permitting or bringing about suffering, and if so what could his reasons be? These questions are of momentous existential and theoretical interest, and they have exercised the finest intellects across the centuries. The time is ripe for a wholesale reconsideration of the problem of evil. To make progress towards this goal, eight distinct perspectives are placed in mutual dialogue, giving voice to both traditional and relatively unorthodox approaches. What emerges from these critical but friendly exchanges is a diversity of fruitful and innovative ways of thinking about the nature of divinity and its relationship to evil.

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1: Eleonore Stump: The Problem of Suffering: A Thomistic Approach Responses by Bishop, Oppy, and Trakakis Replies by Stump 2: John Bishop: On Identifying the Problem of Evil and the Possibility of Its Theist Solution Responses by Stump, Oppy, and Trakakis Replies by Bishop 3: Graham Oppy: Problems of Evil Responses by Stump, Bishop, and Trakakis Reply by Oppy 4: N. N. Trakakis: Anti-Theodicy Responses by Stump, Bishop, and Oppy Replies by Trakakis 5: Beverley Clack: Evil, Feminism and a Philosophy of Transformation Responses by Nagasawa, Tilley, and Gleeson Replies by Clack 6: Yujin Nagasawa: The Problem of Evil for Atheists Responses by Clack, Tilley, and Gleeson Replies by Nagasawa 7: Terrence W. Tilley: A Trajectory of Positions Responses by Clack, Nagasawa, and Gleeson Replies by Tilley 8: Andrew Gleeson: God and Evil Without Theodicy Responses by Clack, Nagasawa, and Tilley Replies by Gleeson

About the Author :
N.N. Trakakis is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the Australian Catholic University. He has authored The God Beyond Belief (Springer, 2007) and The End of Philosophy of Religion (Continuum, 2008). He has also co-edited, with Graham Oppy, the five-volume History of Western Philosophy of Religion (Acumen, 2009) and the two-volume History of Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand (Springer, 2014).


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780198821625
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press
  • Height: 242 mm
  • No of Pages: 244
  • Spine Width: 20 mm
  • Weight: 544 gr
  • ISBN-10: 019882162X
  • Publisher Date: 12 Jul 2018
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Eight Views in Dialogue
  • Width: 163 mm


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