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(2014) Philosophy of religion, Dordrecht, Springer.
For centuries it has been widely recognized that there are philosophical problems for the theist who affirms the existence of an omnipotent and omnibenevolent God on the one hand and the reality of evil on the other. In this chapter we will tackle several of the main problems of evil confronting the theist, including logical and evidential ones. In addition, we will examine several theodicies, which are attempts to explain why God permits evil. The theist is not alone in needing to provide an account of evil and suffering, however. Two of the central Indian traditions, Hinduism and Buddhism, have their own approaches to addressing the subject. Finally, what about atheism? Is it off the hook when it comes to evil? We shall see.
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Meister, C. (2014). Problems of evil and suffering, in Philosophy of religion, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 60-78.
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