Evil (Problems in Theology, Vol. 2)

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Introduction: Reading the readings......Page 10
1.1 Outrage and rebellion......Page 14
1.2 Theodicy and bad faith......Page 20
1.4 Protest atheism and the cross......Page 23
1.5 Suffering and the death of Christ......Page 28
1.6 Survival, endurance and the Holocaust......Page 34
Topics for discussion......Page 38
2.1 The Buddha, suffering and enlightenment......Page 39
2.2 On not explaining......Page 46
2.3 On direct experience......Page 49
2.4 Nirvana......Page 50
2.5 Compassion and sacrifice......Page 52
2.6 Self and suffering......Page 53
2.7 Kierkegaard on truth, Job and Christ......Page 55
2.8 Some explanatory notes on Buddhism......Page 59
Topics for discussion......Page 63
3.1 The problem posed......Page 65
3.2 Some solutions offered......Page 68
3.3 The principle of plenitude and the screening of God......Page 71
3.4 Evil as non-being......Page 73
3.5 The free will defence......Page 78
3.6 The vale of soul-making......Page 84
Topics for discussion......Page 87
4.1 The best possible world?......Page 88
4.2 Maximizing satisfaction?......Page 93
4.3 Necessary evil?......Page 96
4.4 The cost-effectiveness of evil and the quantifying of pain......Page 102
Topics for discussion......Page 107
Acknowledgements......Page 110
Further reading......Page 112
L......Page 118
W......Page 119
J......Page 120
W......Page 121