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Theology and Philosophy of Evil

Level 4· openalex· T13144· 148 works indexed upstreamcanonical tree

This cluster of papers explores the philosophical and theological problem of evil, including discussions on theodicy, divine hiddenness, skeptical theism, original sin, free will defense, divine providence, moral skepticism, evidential arguments, and human suffering.

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Theodicy : essays on the goodness of God, the freedom of man, and the origin of evil

Yale University Press eBooks·1952·3 authors·book

772citations

Growing Up Girl

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc eBooks·2001·3 authors·book

770citations

Philosophical Perspectives 5

Faith and Philosophy·1996·1 author·Open access

763citations

Interpretations of Calamity

Routledge eBooks·2019·book

712citations

Analysis·1956·1 author

700citations

Providence and the Problem of Evil

·1998·1 author·book

623citations

Wandering in Darkness

·2010·1 author·book

621citations

The Problem of Evil and Some Varieties of Atheism

Routledge eBooks·2017·1 author·chapter

574citations

Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God

Cornell University Press eBooks·2000·1 author·book

536citations

IV.—EVIL AND OMNIPOTENCE

Mind·1955·1 author

476citations

When Bad Things Happen to Good People

DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library)·1981·1 author

467citations

Evil and the God of Love

Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks·2010·1 author·book

438citations

The symbolism of evil

·1967·2 authors·book

425citations

Evil: inside human violence and cruelty

Choice Reviews Online·1997·other

425citations

Wandering in darkness: narrative and the problem of suffering

Choice Reviews Online·2011·other

396citations

Escape from Evil

·1975·1 author·book

383citations

The Heart of Man: Its Genius for Good and Evil

·2010·1 author·book

367citations

Womanist Ethics and the Cultural Production of Evil

Palgrave Macmillan US eBooks·2006·1 author·book

330citations

God, Freedom, and Evil

·1974·1 author·book

319citations

Middle Knowledge and the Problem of Evil

American Philosophical Quarterly·1977·1 author

304citations

The problem of evil : the Gifford lectures delivered in the University of St. Andrews in 2003

·2006·1 author

296citations

Pain and Pleasure: An Evidential Problem for Theists

Noûs·1989·1 author

291citations

Engaging the Powers: Discernment and Resistance in a World of Domination

·1992·1 author

265citations

Terror in the Mind of God

·2000·1 author·book

264citations

The humean obstacle to evidential arguments from suffering: On avoiding the evils of ?appearance?

International Journal for Philosophy of Religion·1984·1 author

263citations

Some Puzzles About the Evil of Death

The Philosophical Review·1991·1 author·Open access

260citations

The dilemma of freedom and foreknowledge

Choice Reviews Online·1991·other

257citations

Evil : inside human cruelty and violence

W.H. Freeman eBooks·1997·1 author·book

255citations

Divine Providence: The Molinist Account

The Philosophical Review·2000·2 authors

235citations

Theodicy in Islamic Thought

Princeton University Press eBooks·1984·1 author·book

233citations