The Blackwell Companion to the Problem of Evil

Herausgegeben von McBrayer, Justin P.; Howard-Snyder, Daniel

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Produktbeschreibung

Blackwell Companion to the Problem of Evil presents a collection of original essays that clarify and evaluate various problems of evil. Featuring contributions by a variety of established and emerging scholars, essays define and explore the various problems of evil that arise for both theists and non-theists.

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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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 997g
• ISBN-13: 9780470671849
• ISBN-10: 047067184X
• Artikelnr.: 37744275

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on contributors ix Preface xi Acknowledgments xiv Part I Problems of
Evil 1 1 A brief history of problems of evil 3 Michael W. Hickson 2 The
logical problem of evil: mackie and plantinga 19 Daniel Howard-Snyder 3 A
new logical problem of evil 34 J.L. Schellenberg 4 Rowe's evidential
arguments from evil 49 Graham Oppy 5 Explanation and the problem of evil 67
Paul Draper and Trent Dougherty 6 A carnapian argument from evil 83 Richard
Otte 7 The experience of evil and support for atheism 98 Jerome Gellman 8
The problem of animal pain and suffering 113 Robert Francescotti 9 Hell and
the problem of evil 128 Andrei A. Buckareff and Allen Plug 10 The problem
of apparently morally abhorrent divine commands 144 Wesley Morriston 11 God
because of evil: An ad hominem argument from evil for belief in God 160
Marilyn McCord Adams Part II Theodicies 175 12 A brief history of theodicy
177 René van Woudenberg 13 Counterpart and appreciation theodicies 192
Justin P. McBrayer 14 Free will and soul-making theodicies 205 Daniel Speak
15 The connection-building theodicy 222 Robin Collins 16 Best possible
world theodicy 236 Hud Hudson 17 Providence and theodicy 251 Thomas P.
Flint 18 A christian theodicy 266 Laura W. Ekstrom 19 Toward an Indian
theodicy 281 Purushottama Bilimoria 20 Earth's epistemic fruits for harmony
with God: an Islamic theodicy 296 Mohammad Ali Mobini 21 On constructing a
Jewish theodicy 309 David Shatz 22 Feminism and the problem of evil 326
Beverley Clack 23 Process theism and theodicies for problems of evil 340
James A. Keller 24 Theodicy in a vale of tears 349 Evan Fales 25
Antitheodicy 363 N.N. Trakakis Part III Skeptical Responses 377 26 A brief
history of skeptical responses to evil 379 T.M. Rudavsky 27 Peter van
Inwagen's defense 396 Meghan Sullivan 28 A defense without free will 411
Derk Pereboom 29 Skeptical theism, CORNEA, and common sense epistemology
426 Thomas D. Senor 30 The moral skepticism objection to skeptical theism
444 Stephen Maitzen 31 The global skepticism objection to skeptical theism
458 Ian Wilks 32 Theistic objections to skeptical theism 468 David O'Connor
33 Skeptical theism and the "too much skepticism" objection 482 Michael C.
Rea Index 507

Rezensionen

"This volume is an outstanding and comprehensive collection of essays of high quality on aspects of one of the greatest problems in intellectual history: The Problem of Evil. The editors have covered the usual territory well, and they have also included essays that broaden the scope of the book considerably. Highly recommended."

--John Martin Fischer, University of California, Riverside

"An impressive list of contributors, writing from a variety of perspectives. The volume nicely summarizes the history of the field and advances the discussion with some superb, groundbreaking work."

--Thomas M. Crisp, Biola University

"The editors, Justin McBrayer and Daniel Howard-Snyder, are to be congratulated on this stimulating, balanced and comprehensive collection. It is a first-rate resource both for students and for researchers."

--Peter Forrest, University of New England

"This splendid collection of essays both represents important recent developments and breaks new ground. Theologians as well as philosophers will appreciate this resource for what it is: the best one available."

--Thomas H. McCall, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School