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McBrayer and Daniel Howard-Snyder 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aChichester, England :$cWiley-Blackwell,$d2013. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (528 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-470-67184-X 311 $a1-306-37332-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aIntro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: PROBLEMS OF EVIL -- 1: A Brief History of Problems of Evil -- Introduction -- Another Footnote to Plato -- "Epicurus' Old Questions" and Ancient Skepticism -- Augustine and the Manichean Problem of Evil -- The Argument from Evil in Aquinas's Summa -- Calvin, Descartes, and the Early-Modern Obsession with Evil -- Bayle and the Insolubility of the Problem of Evil -- The First Logical and Evidential Arguments from Evil -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- 2: The Logical Problem of Evil: Mackie and Plantinga -- Mackie's Logical Problem of Evil -- Plantinga's Free Will Defense -- Assessing Plantinga's Free Will Defense -- Interworld Plenitude and Intraworld Plenitude -- Two Objections -- 3: A New Logical Problem of Evil -- Three Commitments of Theism -- Developing the Proof: The Modeling Approach -- Developing the Proof: The Motives Approach -- Some Final Objections -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- 4: Rowe's Evidential Arguments from Evil -- Two Cases -- Rowe's Arguments -- Initial Comments on Rowe's Arguments -- Framework and Assessment -- A Central Issue -- A Further Consideration -- Acknowledgments -- 5: Explanation and the Problem of Evil -- Humean Arguments from Evil (by Paul Draper) -- Reflections on Explanation and Draper's Argument (by Trent Dougherty) -- 6: A Carnapian Argument from Evil -- Tooley's First Argument -- Tooley's Second Argument -- Problems Facing Tooley's Second Argument -- Problems Facing Tooley's First Argument -- Conclusion -- 7: The Experience of Evil and Support for Atheism -- Richard Swinburne's Principle of Credulity -- William Alston's Doxastic Practice Approach -- Alvin Plantinga's Proper Functionalism -- Acceptance and Provisional Acceptance -- Noetic Reconstruction -- Value-Attitude Reformation. 327 $aWhy Mediated Support Works -- Acknowledgments -- 8: The Problem of Animal Pain and Suffering -- Neo-Cartesian Defenses -- Why the Neo-Cartesian Defenses Fail -- Nomic Regularity and the Progression from Chaos to Order -- Concluding Remarks -- 9: Hell and the Problem of Evil -- Introduction -- The Problem Stated -- The Traditional View of Hell -- The Vagueness Objection -- The Proportionality Objection -- Nontraditional Views of Hell -- The Choice Model -- Universalist Strategies -- Acknowledgment -- 10: The Problem of Apparently Morally Abhorrent Divine Commands -- Richard Swinburne and the Canaanites -- Eleonore Stump and the Amalekites -- Inscrutable Reasons? Unknown Goods? -- Acknowledgment -- 11: God Because of Evil: A Pragmatic Argument from Evil for Belief in God -- The Argument -- Entrenched Practices and Attitudes -- Realism -- Horrendous Evils -- Ad Hominem Argument, Asserted -- Nontheistic Alternatives -- Personality, How Fundamental? -- God Because of Evils? -- Part II: THEODICIES -- 12: A Brief History of Theodicy -- Irenaeus (circa 130-202) and Soul-Making -- St. Augustine (354-430), Privatio Boni, and Free Will -- Leibniz (1646-1716) and the Best of All Possible Worlds -- Joseph Butler (1692-1752) and the Imperfect Comprehension of God's Government -- George W.F. Hegel (1770-1831) and the Cunning of Reason -- C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), Free Will, and God's Megaphone -- A.C. Ewing (1899-1973) and the Principle of Organic Unities -- Alvin Plantinga (b.1937), Free Will Defense, and "O Felix Culpa" Theodicy -- Richard Swinburne (b. 1934) and the Goods that Outweigh Evil -- Looking Back -- Acknowledgments -- 13: Counterpart and Appreciation Theodicies -- Necessary Conditions for a Successful Theodicy -- The Counterpart Theodicy -- The Appreciation Theodicy -- Acknowledgments -- 14: Free Will and Soul-Making Theodicies -- Hick's Theodicy. 327 $aHick on Free Will -- Hick on Soul-Making -- Swinburne's Theodicy -- Swinburne on Free Will -- Swinburne on Soul-Making -- Challenges Facing Free Will and Soul-Making Theodicies -- The Challenges of Free Will -- The Challenges of Soul-Making -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- 15: The Connection-Building Theodicy -- Introduction -- The CBT Explained -- Fruitfulness and Implications -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- 16: Best Possible World Theodicy -- Three Puzzles and Their Independence -- Motivating the Puzzles for Theists -- The Hypothesis of a Best Possible World: The Letter and the Spirit -- The Multiverse -- The Multiverse and the Second and Third Inconsistent Triads -- The Multiverse and the First Inconsistent Triad -- Acknowledgments -- 17: Providence and Theodicy -- Introduction -- Three Theories of Providence -- Theodicies, Defenses, and Theories of Providence -- A Patently Partisan Epilogue -- Acknowledgment -- 18: A Christian Theodicy -- The Character of Religious Experience -- Suffering as Religious Experience -- The Value of Relationships -- Divine Passibility -- Problems for the Divine Intimacy Theodicy -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- 19: Toward an Indian Theodicy -- The Psychology of Karma -- Nya?ya School of Logic and Theism -- The Veda?nta Theodicy -- Conclusion -- 20: Earth's Epistemic Fruits for Harmony with God: An Islamic Theodicy -- Introduction -- The Best Life Depending on Harmony with God -- Submission to God as the Necessary Condition for a Good Human Life (The Meaning of Islam) -- Human Epistemic Privilege and the Need to Be Trained -- God's Epistemic Aid -- The Epistemic Fruits of the Earthly Testing Ground -- Acknowledgments -- 21: On Constructing a Jewish Theodicy -- Retribution -- Atonement, Trial, Sufferings of Love -- Mazzal -- Kabbalistic Views -- Soul-Making Theodicy. 327 $aAntitheodicy: The "Halakhic" or Existentialist Response -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- 22: Feminism and the Problem of Evil -- Introduction -- Defining Feminism -- Women and Evil -- Gendering the Subject -- Structural Nature of Evil -- Challenging the "Purpose" of Evil -- Evil in Relationships -- Evil and the Concept of God -- Conclusion -- 23: Process Theism and Theodicies for Problems of Evil -- Traditional Theodicy -- Process Theodicy -- 24: Theodicy in a Vale of Tears -- Methodological Preliminaries -- Classifying Theodicies -- Stump's Theodicy -- Reply to Stump -- Stump: Further Reflections -- Nothing But the Best -- The Objection from Divine Simplicity -- The Plenum Objection -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- 25: Antitheodicy -- The Morality of Theodicy -- Nonmoral Objections to Theodicy -- Acknowledgments -- Part III: SKEPTICAL RESPONSES -- 26: A Brief History of Skeptical Responses to Evil -- Introduction: Contemporary Skeptical Responses Contextualized -- Skeptical Theism and the Book of Job -- Medieval Commentaries on Job -- Skeptical Theism and Apophatic Theology -- Cartesian Skepticism -- Conclusion -- 27: Peter van Inwagen's Defense -- Van Inwagen and Skeptical Theism -- Pointless Evils and Practical Sorites Problems -- Objections to van Inwagen's Defense -- Applications: Universalism and the Fall -- Acknowledgments -- 28: A Defense Without Free Will -- Skepticism about Free Will -- The Free Will Theodicy -- The Retributive Punishment Theodicy -- Agnosticism (or Skeptical Theism) -- Defense Hypotheses the Free Will Skeptic Can Accept and which are Compatible with Morality -- Acknowledgment -- 29: Skeptical Theism, CORNEA, and Common Sense Epistemology -- Introduction -- Skeptical Theism -- CORNEA -- Objections to CORNEA: Closure and Induction -- Skeptical Theism and Common-Sense Epistemology -- Conclusion. 327 $a30: The Moral Skepticism Objection to Skeptical Theism -- The Evidential Argument from Evil -- Skeptical Theism -- Skeptical Theism and Radical Skepticism -- Skeptical Theism and Moral Obligation -- Skeptical Theism and God's Commands -- Acknowledgments -- 31: The Global Skepticism Objection to Skeptical Theism -- Skeptical Theism and Knowledge of God -- Skeptical Theism and Knowledge in General -- Acknowledgments -- 32: Theistic Objections to Skeptical Theism -- The Evidential Argument from Evil -- Skeptical Theism -- Problems for Beliefs about Sin and Morality -- Problems for the Theology of Divine Goodness -- Problems for Natural Theology -- Problems for Belief in Miracles -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- 33: Skeptical Theism and the "Too Much Skepticism" Objection -- What Is Skeptical Theism? 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