Böcker av Michael L. Peterson

Suffering and evil in the world provide the basis for the most difficult challenge to monotheistic belief. This Element discusses how the three great monotheisms - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - respond to the problem of suffering and evil. Different versions of the problem, types of answers, and recurring themes in philosophical and religious sources are analyzed. Objections to the enterprise of theodicy are also discussed as are additional objections to the monotheistic God more broadly. This treatment culminates in a recommendation for how monotheism can best respond to the most serious formulation of the problem, the argument from gratuitous evil.

This text presents a case for the value of thinking deeply about education in America from a historically orthodox and broadly ecumenical Christian point of view. It argues that thinking philosophically about education is essential for progress and invites the reader to ""participate"" in the study.