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The Prince of Darkness: Radical Evil and the Power of Good in History 4 reviews Jeffrey Burton Russell
Cornell University Press, 1992
Please allow him to introduce himself....
+ Condensed Evil ~ For Those Who Just Can't Get Enough + Excellent Introduction to the History and Myth of the Devil + a good history
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Evil And the Justice of God 22 reviews N. T. Wright
IVP Books, 2006
Refreshing take on problem of evil
+ Worth Reading, Worth Discussing + Must-read transitional work + Profound Insight
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The Problem of Pain 94 reviews C. S. Lewis
HarperOne, 2001
c.s. lewis is a classic
+ The Probelm of Pain + Problem Addressed Amiably - But Solved? + Of Human Suffering + Pain: A Spiritual Journey
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The Evidential Argument from Evil (Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion) 8 reviews
Indiana University Press, 1996
A MUST-HAVE book on the problem of evil!
+ Terrific Collection of Essays, But Weak in Some Areas + Very interesting philosophical discourse + AtheistWorld.Com Book Review + At last, a fair and balanced treatment of this issue
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The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami? 14 reviews David Bentley Hart
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2005
Excellent Treatise of the Problem of Evil
+ Thinking well + In a nutshell
On the first day of my vacation with my family, I just read The Doors of the Sea by David Bentley Hart (Eerdmans, 2005). I could not it put down. I recommend it to any reader who wants to delve deeper into the problem of evil. Hart wrote this wonderful little treatise, subtitled "Where was God in ...
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Evil and the God of Love 3 reviews John Hick
Harper San Francisco, 1978
Capricious Omnipotent Overlord or Challenging Parent?
+ An intelligently argued work but for me not the answer + Fresh thoughts on Theodicy
It's been 20 years since I first read Hick's book. Looking back, that experience proved to be a definitive turning point in my life. John Hick presents two philosophies which Christians have used to explain the existence of evil in a universe created by a "good" God. The first philosophy states ...
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The Problem of Evil: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St. Andrews in 2003 3 reviews Peter van Inwagen
Oxford University Press, USA, 2006
Evil and God, No Problem!
+ Worth the Read + Continually Impressed
Review of Peter van Inwagen's The Problem of Evil
Peter van inwagen provides a useful contribution to the growing literature dealing with the logical problem of evil. Inwagen's book is a collection of eight Gifford lectures delivered at the University of St Andrews in the spring of 2003. The ...
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God, Freedom, and Evil 11 reviews Alvin Plantinga
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1977
Great book
+ Essential + Focused, Readable, and Convincing
I think many of the reviewers here express much better the pros of Plantinga than I could.
The only new thing I coud add is that Plantinga only offers a draw. I think in the past a reviewer said this is not a 'theodicy', which is right. My conclusion was that all he was saying is that it is ...
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Evil and the God of Love 3 reviews John Hick
Harper San Francisco, 1978
Capricious Omnipotent Overlord or Challenging Parent?
+ An intelligently argued work but for me not the answer + Fresh thoughts on Theodicy
It's been 20 years since I first read Hick's book. Looking back, that experience proved to be a definitive turning point in my life. John Hick presents two philosophies which Christians have used to explain the existence of evil in a universe created by a "good" God. The first philosophy states ...
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The Prince of Darkness: Radical Evil and the Power of Good in History 4 reviews Jeffrey Burton Russell
Cornell University Press, 1992
Please allow him to introduce himself....
+ Condensed Evil ~ For Those Who Just Can't Get Enough + Excellent Introduction to the History and Myth of the Devil + a good history
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Evil And the Justice of God 22 reviews N. T. Wright
IVP Books, 2006
Refreshing take on problem of evil
+ Worth Reading, Worth Discussing + Must-read transitional work + Profound Insight
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The Evidential Argument from Evil (Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion) 8 reviews
Indiana University Press, 1996
A MUST-HAVE book on the problem of evil!
+ Terrific Collection of Essays, But Weak in Some Areas + Very interesting philosophical discourse + AtheistWorld.Com Book Review + At last, a fair and balanced treatment of this issue
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The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami? 14 reviews David Bentley Hart
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2005
Excellent Treatise of the Problem of Evil
+ Thinking well + In a nutshell
On the first day of my vacation with my family, I just read The Doors of the Sea by David Bentley Hart (Eerdmans, 2005). I could not it put down. I recommend it to any reader who wants to delve deeper into the problem of evil. Hart wrote this wonderful little treatise, subtitled "Where was God in ...
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The Problem of Pain 94 reviews C. S. Lewis
HarperOne, 2001
c.s. lewis is a classic
+ The Probelm of Pain + Problem Addressed Amiably - But Solved? + Of Human Suffering + Pain: A Spiritual Journey
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The Problem of Evil: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the University of St. Andrews in 2003 3 reviews Peter van Inwagen
Oxford University Press, USA, 2006
Evil and God, No Problem!
+ Worth the Read + Continually Impressed
Review of Peter van Inwagen's The Problem of Evil
Peter van inwagen provides a useful contribution to the growing literature dealing with the logical problem of evil. Inwagen's book is a collection of eight Gifford lectures delivered at the University of St Andrews in the spring of 2003. The ...
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God, Freedom, and Evil 11 reviews Alvin Plantinga
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1977
Great book
+ Essential + Focused, Readable, and Convincing
I think many of the reviewers here express much better the pros of Plantinga than I could.
The only new thing I coud add is that Plantinga only offers a draw. I think in the past a reviewer said this is not a 'theodicy', which is right. My conclusion was that all he was saying is that it is ...
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