ABSTRACT

First Published in 2015. The first half of this book concludes that, if human reason is master, there seems to be no way of equating a good and powerful God with evil in the world. In the second half, searching for a solution, the author takes as his starting point St Augustine's credo, I believe in order that I may understand. He builds up a series of statements which express the central Christian convictions in relation to the problem of evil, a viewpoint which the reader may accept or not.

part I|73 pages

The Problem of Evil

chapter One|8 pages

The Problem Stated

chapter Two|16 pages

A God's Eye View

chapter Three|17 pages

The Free Will Defence

chapter Four|17 pages

Natural Evil

chapter Five|9 pages

Is It All Worth It?

part II|121 pages

The Mystery of Evil

chapter Seven|4 pages

Introduction

chapter Eight|9 pages

The Euthyphro Dilemma

chapter Ten|15 pages

God Almighty

chapter Eleven|15 pages

Can God Act in the World?

chapter Twelve|13 pages

Animal Suffering and Physical Evil

chapter Thirteen|15 pages

Moral Evil – Job and Ivan

chapter Fourteen|15 pages

The Devil and All His Works

chapter Fifteen|17 pages

The Challenge of Freedom

chapter Sixteen|5 pages

Conclusion