History of Evil From the Mid-Twentieth Century to Today - 19502018

This sixth volume of The History of Evil covers the Mid-Twentieth Century to today, focusing on the Second World War it also explores central issues which have emerged over the last few decades.

List of contents

Editors and contributors. Series Introduction. Introduction, Jerome Gellman. Part 1 God and EviL. A. The Argument from Evil. On the Evidential Argument from Evil. 1. The Evidential Argument from Evil, Jeff Jordan. 2. A New Look at Evidential Arguments from Evil, Michael Tooley. 3. Skeptical Theism: An Historical View, Justin McBrayer. 4. Horrendous Evils and Christ, Stephen T. Davis. 5. Divine Impassibility, Divine Passibility, and Evil, Paul Helm. On the Logical Argument from Evil. 6. Middle Knowledge and Evil, Edward Wierenga. On Theodicies. 7. Free Will Theodicy, Hugh McCann. 8. Soul-Making Theodicy, Michael L. Peterson. 9. Anti-Theodicy, N. N. Trakakis. 10. Continental Philosophy, Evil, and Suffering, Elizabeth Burns. B. Religion and Evil. 11. God, the Bible, and Moral Concerns, Eric A. Seibert. 12. Why Religious Pluralism is not Evil and is in Some Respects Quite Good, Robert McKim. Part 2 Humanity and Evil. 13. Resist Locally, Accept Cosmically: Humanity, Nature, and Evil, Roger Gottlieb. 14. The Science of Evil and the Evil of Science, Ted Peters. 15. Darwinian Naturalism, Michael Ruse. 16. Feminist Theorizations of Evil, Melissa Raphael. 17. Terrorism, Igor Primoratz. 18. Pacifism and Evil, Andrew Fiala. 19. Process Theodicy and Climate Change, David Ray Griffin. Part 3 On the Objectivity of Evil, 20. Moral Realism and Anti-Realism, Christian Miller. 21. Moral Relativism and Other Relativisms, James Kellenberger. Index.

About the author

Jerome Gellman is Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.

Chad Meister is Professor of Philosophy and Theology at Bethel College, USA.

Charles Taliaferro is Professor of Philosophy at St Olaf College, USA.

Summary

This sixth volume of The History of Evil covers the Mid-Twentieth Century to today, focusing on the Second World War it also explores central issues which have emerged over the last few decades.

Product details

• Authors: Jerome Gellman
• Assisted by: Jerome Gellman (Editor), Chad Meister (Editor), Charles Taliaferro (Editor), Chad Meister (Editor of the series), Charles Taliaferro (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781032095172
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3209517-2
• No. of pages: 392
• Series: History of Evil
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, RELIGION / Philosophy, 21st Century, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Religious issues & debates, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Philosophy of religion, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Religious issues and debates