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== Further reading == * [[Marilyn McCord Adams|Adams, Marilyn McCord]] and [[Robert Merrihew Adams|Robert M. Adams]], eds (1990). ''The Problem of Evil''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. The standard anthology in English. Contains classic papers by recent philosophers of religion in the analytic tradition. Deals with both the logical problem and the evidential problem. * Adams, Marilyn McCord (1999). ''Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God'', Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. * Adams, Robert M (1987). "Must God Create the Best?" in ''The Virtue of Faith and Other Essays in Philosophical Theology'', New York: Oxford University Press. * Adams, Robert M (1987). "Existence, Self-Interest and the Problem of Evil" in ''The Virtue of Faith and Other Essays in Philosophical Theology'', New York: Oxford University Press. * [[Aquinas, Thomas]] (2003). ''On Evil'' (''De Malo''), trans. Regan; ed. Brian Davies. Oxford, Oxford University Press. * {{Cite book | last = Beebe | first = James R. | year = 2006 | contribution = The Logical Problem of Evil | editor-last = Fieser | editor-first = James | editor2-last = Bradley | editor2-first = Dowden | title = The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy | contribution-url = https://www.iep.utm.edu/e/evil-log.htm }} * {{cite book|last=Boyd|first=Gregory A.|author-link = Greg Boyd (theologian)|title=Is God to Blame?|year=2003|publisher=InterVarsity Press|isbn=978-0-8308-2394-9}} * [[Florin George Călian|Calian, George F.]], ed. (2024). ''Religion and the Problem of Evil, [https://sciendo.com/issue/RESS/16/1 vol. I] & [https://sciendo.com/issue/RESS/16/2 vol. II]'', Review of Ecumenical Studies. * [[Thomas Nixon Carver|Carver, Thomas N.]] (1908). "The Economic Basis of the Problem of Evil," ''Harvard Theological Review'', 1(1), pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=lP0LAAAAIAAJ&dq=bl&pg=PA97 97]–[https://books.google.com/books?id=lP0LAAAAIAAJ&dq=bl&pg=PA111 111.] * [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky|Dostoyevsky, Fyodor]]. ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'', 1881. Chapters "Rebellion" and "[[The Grand Inquisitor]]" * Howard-Snyder, Daniel, ed. ''The Evidential Problem of Evil''. Bloomington and Indianapolis, IN: Indian University Press, 1996. Probably the best collection of essays in English on the evidential argument from evil. Includes most of the major players on the topic. * {{Cite book | last = Mackie | first = J. L. | author-link = J. L. Mackie | title = The Miracle of Theism | publisher=Oxford University Press | place = Oxford | year = 1982 | isbn = 978-0-06-063902-0 }} * [[Peter Hacker|Hacker, Peter M. S.]] (2024), "[https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/ress-2024-0023 Badness, Wickedness, Evil and the Death of the Soul]," in [[Florin George Călian|Calian, George F]] (ed.) ''Religion and the Problem of Evil, RES.'' * [[David Hume|Hume, David]] (1980). ''Dialogues on Natural Religion'' (Parts X and XI), ed. Richard Pokin. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett. * Kanterian, Edward (2024), "[https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/ress-2024-0020 The Burden of Philosophy: Evil and the Human Condition]", in [[Florin George Călian|Calian, George F]] (ed.) ''Religion and the Problem of Evil, RES.'' * [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz|Leibniz, Gottfried]]. (1710). ''[[Théodicée|Theodicy]]''. * Leibniz, Gottfried. (1765). "A Vindication of God's Justice...", ("Causa Dei") trans. Paul Schrecker and Anne Martin Schrecker. New York: MacMillan, 1965. * {{Cite book | last = Murray | first = Michael | year = 1998 | contribution = Leibniz on the Problem of Evil | editor-last = Zalta | editor-first = Edward N | editor-link = Edward N. Zalta | title = The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy | contribution-url = https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/leibniz-evil/ }} * [[Eric Ormsby|Ormsby, Eric]]. ''Theodicy in Islamic Thought'' ([[Princeton University Press]], 1984) * {{Cite book | last = Palmquist | first = Stephen | contribution = Faith in the Face of Evil (Appendix VI) | author-link = Stephen Palmquist | title = Kant's Critical Religion | publisher=Ashgate | place = Aldershot, England | year = 2000 | isbn = 978-0-7546-1333-6 }} * {{Cite book | last = Plantinga | first = Alvin | author-link = Alvin Plantinga | title = The Nature of Necessity | publisher=Clarendon Press | place = Oxford | year = 1974 | isbn = 978-0-19-824414-1 | bibcode = 1974nane.book.....P }} * {{Cite book | last = Plantinga | first = Alvin | title = God, Freedom, and Evil | publisher = Eerdmans | place = Grand Rapids, MI | year = 1977 | isbn = 978-0-8028-1731-0 | url = https://archive.org/details/godfreedomevil00plan }} * [[William L. Rowe|Rowe, William L.]] (1990). "The Problem of Evil and Some Varieties of Atheism" in ''The Problem of Evil'', ed. Marilyn McCord Adams and Robert M. Adams. Oxford: Oxford University Press. * [[Matthew Stewart (philosopher)|Stewart, Matthew]]. ''The Courtier and the Heretic: Leibniz, Spinoza and the Fate of God in the Modern World''. W.W. Norton, 2005. * {{Cite book | last = Streminger | first = Gerhard | author-link = Gerhard Streminger | title = Gottes Güte und die Übel der Welt | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=tR9P_eXtGaIC | publisher=Mohr Siebeck | place = Tübingen | year = 1992 | isbn = 978-3-16-145889-7 }} * {{Cite book | last = Swinburne | first = Richard | author-link = Richard Swinburne | title = The Coherence of Theism | publisher=Clarendon Press | place = Oxford | year = 1997 | isbn = 978-0-19-824070-9 }} * {{Cite book | last = Tooley | first = Michael | author-link = Michael Tooley | year = 2002 | contribution = The Problem of Evil | editor-last = Zalta | editor-first = Edward N. | editor-link = Edward N. Zalta | title = The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy | contribution-url = https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/evil/ }} * {{Cite book | last = Trakakis | first = Nick | author-link = Nick Trakakis | year = 2006 | contribution = Evidential Problem of Evil | editor-last = Fieser | editor-first = James | editor2-last = Bradley | editor2-first = Dowden | title = The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy | contribution-url = https://www.iep.utm.edu/e/evil-evi.htm }} * [[Peter van Inwagen|Van Inwagen, Peter]]. (2006). ''The Problem of Evil''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. * {{Cite book | first1 = William McF. | last1 = Wilson | first2 = Julian N. | last2 = Hartt | chapter = Farrer's Theodicy | pages = 100–18 | editor1-last = Hein | editor1-first = David | editor2-last = Henderson | editor2-first = Edward | title = Captured by the Crucified: The Practical Theology of Austin Farrer | publisher=T & T Clark International | place = New York | year = 2004 | isbn = 978-0-567-02510-4 }} * {{Citation | last1 =Jones | first1 =Constance | last2 =Ryan | first2 =James D. | year =2006 | title =Encyclopedia of Hinduism | publisher =Infobase | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=OgMmceadQ3gC| isbn =9780816075645 }} * {{cite book|title = Philosophy of Śrī Madhvācārya|first = B. N. Krishnamurti| last = Sharma| publisher=Motilal Banarsidass (2014 Reprint) |isbn = 978-8120800687| year= 1962 | url=https://archive.org/stream/Philosophy.of.Sri.Madhvacarya/Philosophy.of.Sri.Madhvacharya#page/n0/mode/2up}} * {{cite book|title = A History of the Dvaita School of Vedānta and Its Literature, 3rd Edition|first = B. N. Krishnamurti| last = Sharma| publisher=Motilal Banarsidass (2008 Reprint) |isbn = 978-8120815759| year= 2000 }} * {{cite book|last=Sharma |first=Chandradhar |title=A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy|year= 1994|publisher= Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-0365-7 }} * {{cite journal| title= Is Jesus a Hindu? S.C. Vasu and Multiple Madhva Misrepresentations|first= Deepak| last= Sarma| journal= Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies| year= 2000| volume = 13| doi=10.7825/2164-6279.1228 | doi-access= free}} * {{cite book| title= Epistemologies and the Limitations of Philosophical Enquiry: Doctrine in Madhva Vedanta|first= Deepak| last= Sarma| publisher= Routledge| year= 2005}} * [[Voltaire]]. (1759) ''[[Candide]]''. Many editions. Voltaire's caustic response to Leibniz' doctrine that this is the best possible world.
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