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9780198237983

Providence and the Problem of Evil

by Swinburne, Richard
  • ISBN13:

    9780198237983

  • ISBN10:

    0198237987

  • eBook ISBN(s):

    9780191606854

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1998-11-05
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

This book offers an answer to one of the most difficult problems of religious belief: why does a loving God allow humans to suffer so much? Swinburne argues that God wants us to learn and to love, to make our choices about good and evil for ourselves and others on our own, to form our characters in the way we choose, and, above all, to be of great use to each other. If we are to have all these choices and commitments, then there will inevitably be suffering for the short period of our time on Earth. This controversial work concludes Swinburne's acclaimed four-volume philosophical examination of Christian doctrine.

Author Biography


Richard Swinburne has been Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at the University of Oxford since 1985; he is a Fellow of the British Academy.

Table of Contents

Introduction
An Initial Problem
The Need For Theodicy
The Good Goals Of Creation
Beauty
Feeling
Action
Worship
The Necessary Evils
The Fact of Moral Evil and Free Will
The Range of Moral Evil and Responsibility
Natural Evil and the Scope for Response
Natural Evil and the Possibility of Knowledge
The Evils of Sin and Agnosticism
Completing The Theodicy
God's Rights and the Privilege of Service
Weighing Good against Bad
Epilogue
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