The Blackwell Companion to the Problem of Evil

ISBN 10: 047067184X / ISBN 13: 9780470671849

Published by Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Blackwell Companion to the Problem of Evil
• Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 047067184X
• ISBN 13: 9780470671849
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 2.083 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

The Blackwell Companion to the Problem of Evil presents a collection of original essays providing both overview and insight, clarifying and evaluating the philosophical and theological “problem of evil” in its various contexts and manifestations.

• Features all original essays that explore the various forms of the problems of evil, offering theistic responses that attempt to explain evil as well as discussion of the challenges facing such explanations
• Includes section introductions with a historical essay that traces the developments of the issues explored
• Acknowledges the fact that there are many problems of evil, some of which apply only to those who believe in concepts such as hell and some of which apply to non-theists
• Represents  views from the various religious traditions, including Hindu, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim

About the Author

Justin P. McBrayer is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Fort Lewis College, Colorado. He has authored numerous papers in philosophy of religion and ethics, including “CORNEA and Inductive Skepticism” (2009), “Skeptical Theism” (2010), “A Limited Defense of Moral Perception” (2010), “Skepticism about the Argument from Divine Hiddenness” (2011), and “Christianity, Homosexual Sex, and Sexism” (2012).

Daniel Howard-Snyder is Professor of Philosophy at Western Washington University. He is co-author of The Power of Logic (2013, 5th Ed.), and editor or co-editor of various publications including The Evidential Argument from Evil (1996), Faith, Freedom, and Rationality (1996), and Divine Hiddenness: New Essays (2002).