God and Inscrutable Evil: In Defense of Theism and Atheism

by David O'Connor

Book Overview

In this important new book, David O'Connor discusses both logical and empirical forms of the problem of inscrutable evil, perennially the most difficult philosophical problem confronting theism. Arguing that both a version of theism ("friendly theism") and a version of atheism ("friendly atheism") are justified on the evidence in the debate over God and evil, O'Connor concludes that a warranted outcome is a philosophical d tente between those two...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847687635
• ISBN13: 9780847687633
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"