1st Edition
The History of Evil from the Mid-Twentieth Century to Today 1950–2018
This sixth volume of The History of Evil charts the era 1950–2018, with topics arising after the atrocities of World War II, while also exploring issues that have emerged over the last few decades. It exhibits the flourishing of analytic philosophy of religion since the War, as well as the diversity of approaches to the topic of God and evil in this era. Comprising twenty-one chapters from a team of international contributors, this volume is divided into three parts, God and Evil, Humanity and Evil and On the Objectivity of Human Judgments of Evil. The chapters in this volume cover relevant topics such as the evidential argument from evil, skeptical theism, free will, theodicy, continental philosophy, religious pluralism, the science of evil, feminist theorizations, terrorism, pacifism, realism and relativism.
This outstanding treatment of the history of evil will appeal to those with particular interests in the ideas of evil and good
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
Biography
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.
Over the last seventy years philosophers and theologians have developed many intriguing new approaches to evil. The editors of this volume capture the important viewpoints informing the contemporary debate over evil by gathering together some of the most influential scholars in the field. This is an essential and definitive volume on the topic. Yujin Nagasawa, University of Birmingham, UK
Gellman, Meister, and Taliaferro collect a wide range of responses that focus on pertinent themes and contributions from 1950 to 2018. The scope is impressive indeed, and the result, highly informative. If God’s exact relation to evil remains puzzling, as expected, the volume puts us in a much better position to ask questions and even to make some sense regarding our ongoing predicament with evil. It therefore earns its keep, with real benefits for all readers. Paul K. Moser, Loyola University Chicago¿, USA