God and evil :
God and evil : the case for God in a world filled with pain /
edited by Chad Meister and James K. Dew, Jr.
- Downers Grove, IL : IVP, c2013.
- 360 pages ; paperback ; 23 cm
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
9780830837847 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2012041094
Theodicy.
Good and evil.
Apologetics.
231/.8
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
9780830837847 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2012041094
Theodicy.
Good and evil.
Apologetics.
231/.8
