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God and Inscrutable Evil
David O'Connor
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Description for God and Inscrutable Evil
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB1; HRQA5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
In this important new book, David O'Connor discusses both logical and empirical forms of the problem of inscrutable evil, perennially the most difficult philosophical problem confronting theism. Arguing that both a version of theism ("friendly theism") and a version of atheism ("friendly atheism") are justified on the evidence in the debate over God and evil, O'Connor concludes that a warranted outcome is a philosophical dètente between those two positions. On the way to that conclusion he develops two arguments from evil, a reformed version of the logical argument and an indirect version of the empirical argument, and deploys both against a central formulation of theism that he describes as orthodox theism. God and Inscrutable Evil makes a valuable contribution to contemporary debates in the philosophy of religion.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780847687633
SKU
V9780847687633
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About David O'Connor
David O'Connor is professor of philosophy at Seton Hall University and the author of The Metaphysics of G. E. Moore.
Reviews for God and Inscrutable Evil
[A] careful . . . analysis of the challenge that the existence of evil presents to 'orthodox theism' . . . a remarkable amount of material in compressed format, something that will well serve readers.
T. Michael McNulty, S.J., Marquette University, Milwaukee
Theological Studies
This book will appeal to anyone who has ever asked why there seems to be so much unnecessary evil and suffering in the world.
Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith
This book includes an impressive discussion of the nature of evil. The book is full of creative thought experiments, detailed and incisive argument, and exposition and analysis that reveal an impressive command of much contemporary literature on this topic.
R.D. Geivett, Biola University
CHOICE, Fe. 99 Vol. 36 No.6
The most important book-length treatment of its kind in the past twenty years . . . O'Connor's book will most certainly be the locus of debate for years to come.
Daniel HowardSnyder, Seattle Pacific University . . . excellent work . . . chock-full of original, creative analyses and arguments.
Del Kiernan-Lewis, Morehouse College
The Journal Of Religion
A number of O'Connor's arguments are persuasive. O'Coonor's central argument against Schlesinger's 'No-Best-Possible-World-Defence' seems well-taken.
Katherin A. Rogers, University of Delaware
Religious Studies, Vol. 35, 1999
This book is an substantial contribution to contemporary discussion of the evidential force of the fact of evil and the rationality of beleiving in God.
Mind: A Quarterly Review of Philosophy
O'Connor should be praised for forcefully bringing to our attention the centrality of the standard assumption in the debate over God and evil.
The Philosophical Review
T. Michael McNulty, S.J., Marquette University, Milwaukee
Theological Studies
This book will appeal to anyone who has ever asked why there seems to be so much unnecessary evil and suffering in the world.
Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith
This book includes an impressive discussion of the nature of evil. The book is full of creative thought experiments, detailed and incisive argument, and exposition and analysis that reveal an impressive command of much contemporary literature on this topic.
R.D. Geivett, Biola University
CHOICE, Fe. 99 Vol. 36 No.6
The most important book-length treatment of its kind in the past twenty years . . . O'Connor's book will most certainly be the locus of debate for years to come.
Daniel HowardSnyder, Seattle Pacific University . . . excellent work . . . chock-full of original, creative analyses and arguments.
Del Kiernan-Lewis, Morehouse College
The Journal Of Religion
A number of O'Connor's arguments are persuasive. O'Coonor's central argument against Schlesinger's 'No-Best-Possible-World-Defence' seems well-taken.
Katherin A. Rogers, University of Delaware
Religious Studies, Vol. 35, 1999
This book is an substantial contribution to contemporary discussion of the evidential force of the fact of evil and the rationality of beleiving in God.
Mind: A Quarterly Review of Philosophy
O'Connor should be praised for forcefully bringing to our attention the centrality of the standard assumption in the debate over God and evil.
The Philosophical Review