| Preface | |
| Introduction: The Problem of Evil | 1 |
| Pt. 1 | Classic Statements of the Problem | |
| Traditional Treatments | |
| Job's Complaint and the Whirlwind's Answer | 23 |
| No Evil Comes from God | 31 |
| Evil and the God of Religion | 39 |
| Modern Treatments | |
| Rebellion | 57 |
| Physical Suffering and the Justice of God | 67 |
| Night | 79 |
| Pt. 2 | Versions of the Problem of Evil | |
| The Logical Problem | |
| Evil and Omnipotence | 89 |
| The Free Will Defenses | 103 |
| The Evidential Problem | |
| Is Evil Evidence against the Existence of God? | 135 |
| Evil as Evidence against God's Existence | 141 |
| The Existential Problem | |
| On Regretting the Evils of This World | 153 |
| Redemptive Suffering: A Christian Solution to the Problem of Evil | 169 |
| Pt. 3 | Perspectives in Theodicy | |
| Augustinian Theodicy | |
| A Good Creation's Capacity for Evil | 191 |
| Augustine and the Denial of Genuine Evils | 197 |
| Irenaean Theodicy | |
| The World as a Vale of Soul-Making | 215 |
| The Loving God: Some Observations on Hick's Theodicy | 231 |
| Process Theodicy | |
| Divine Persuasion and the Triumph of Good | 247 |
| Evil and Persuasive Powers | 267 |
| Pt. 4 | Issues in the Problem of Evil | |
| God and the Best Possible World | |
| Must God Create the Best? | 275 |
| God, Moral Perfection, and Possible Worlds | 289 |
| Natural Evils and Natural Laws | |
| Natural Evil | 303 |
| Knowledge, Freedom, and the Problem of Evil | 317 |
| Defense and Theodicy | |
| Why Plantinga Must Move from Defense to Theodicy | 331 |
| Ad Walls | 335 |
| Theoretical and Practical Theodicy | |
| Taking Suffering Seriously | 339 |
| Can Theodicy Be Avoided? The Claim of Unredeemed Evils | 351 |
| Bibliography | 367 |