God and the Problem of Evil

God and the Problem of Evil
ISBN-10
0631222200
ISBN-13
9780631222200
Category
Philosophy
Pages
336
Language
English
Published
2001-07-16
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Author
William L. Rowe

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God and the Problem of Evil brings together influential essays on the question of whether the amount of seemingly pointless malice and suffering in our world counts against the rationality of belief in God, a being who is said to be all-powerful, all-knowing, and perfectly good.

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