1st Edition

The History of Evil from the Mid-Twentieth Century to Today 1950–2018

By Jerome Gellman Copyright 2018
    392 Pages
    by Routledge

    390 Pages
    by Routledge

    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