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The Philosophical Journey, 2/e
William Lawhead, The University of Mississippi

The Search for God
The Problem of Evil: Atheistic and Theistic Responses

Topical links

Albert Camus

Albert Camus Critical Interpretation Home Page
(http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/00/pwillen1/lit/indexa.htm)

Biography and collection of links to online essays; maintained by Paul M. Willenberg (Swarthmore College)
The Realm of Existentialism: Albert Camus
(http://members.aol.com/KatharenaE/private/Philo/Camus/camus.html)

Biography, quotations, and links to general information on existentialism by Katharena Eiermann
Albert Camus: The Plague and an Ethic of Nonviolence
(http://www.earlham.edu/~pags/faculty/tony/charles1.html)

Part of lecture series by Tony Bing at Earlham College, 1998
Existentialism
(http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg;=2&ti=00fd4000)

Encarta article
Existentialism
(http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/existentialism.htm)

Discussion from Faithnet
Existentialism
(http://www.friesian.org/existent.htm)

Detailed discussion by Kelley Ross (Friesian School Proceedings)
Existentialism: a Primer
(http://www.tameri.com/csw/exist/)

Overviews of various aspects of existentialist thought by Christopher Wyatt
Essays on Existentialism
(http://www.columbia.edu/~ta63/exist.htm)

Discussion by Tanweer Akram (Columbia University)
John Hick

John Hick
(http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/hick.htm)

Biography from Faithnet
John Hick: An Irenaean Theodicy
(http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/irenaeantheodicy.htm)

Discussion from Faithnet
"The Problem of Evil" by Mill and Hick
(http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/longview/socsci/philosophy/religion/evil.htm)

Lecture notes by Michael J. Connelly (Longview Community College)
An Introduction to John Hick's Pluralist Hypothesis
(http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/johnhick.htm)

Overview from Faithnet
John Hick's Pluralistic Hypothesis and the Problem of Conflicting Truth-Claims
(http://www.leaderu.com/theology/hick.html/t_blank)

Detailed article analyzing Hick's pluralism by Keith E. Johnson (Leadership U online magazine)
Critical Dialogues with John Hick's Pluralist Hypothesis
(http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/critical_dialogues_with_john_hic.htm)

Discussion from Faithnet
C. S. Lewis

Into the Wardrobe
(http://cslewis.drzeus.net/)

Extensive web site devoted to C. S. Lewis; contains numerous links to online papers, other sites, etc.
C. S. Lewis and David Hume on the Problem of Evil
(http://brindedcow.umd.edu/236/lewisandhume.html)

Analysis by Alan Stairs (University of Maryland)
The Bible and C. S. Lewis
(http://members.aol.com/thompsonja/cslewis.htm)

Quotations from C. S. Lewis on meaning, suffering, miracles etc. collected by J. A. Thompson
The Problem of Pain
(http://www.cslewisclassics.com/books/problem_of_pain-excerpt.html)

Excerpt from this book by C. S. Lewis discussed in your text
C. S. Lewis: The Moral Argument for God's Existence
(http://brindedcow.umd.edu/236/lewis.html)

Analysis by Alan Stairs (University of Maryland)
C. S. Lewis
(http://www.whitworth.edu/Academic/Department/ReligionPhilosophy/Classes/PHEL261_Baird/Lec... )

Handouts and lecture notes for a course on C. S. Lewis given by Forrest Baird (Whitworth College)
Moral and natural evil

Evil
(http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05649a.htm)

Catholic Encyclopedia article
The Problem of Natural Evil
(http://www.cresourcei.org/evil.html)

Essay by Dennis Bratcher (The Christian Resource Institute)
Toward a View of Natural Evil
(http://www.bibleviews.com/naturalevil.html)

Reflections by Kenneth Grider (Bibleviews.com)
Theodicy

Theodicy
(http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/religion/Glossary.htm#theodicy)

Blackwell's Glossary of Theological Terms entry
Theodicy
(http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/t.htm#theod)

Definition and suggested links by Garth Kemerling
Theodicy
(http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14569a.htm)

Catholic Encyclopedia article
The Problem of evil (overviews & links)

Problem of evil
(http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/e9.htm#evil)

Definition and suggested links by Garth Kemerling
The Problem of Evil
(http://www.mit.edu/~shaslang/2400-01/evil.html)

Overview notes by Sally Haslanger (MIT)
The Problem of Evil and Suffering
(http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/theodicyintro.htm)

Discussion and links to primary sources from Faithnet
Lecture #19:The Problem of Evil: Preliminaries
(http://www.la.utexas.edu/phl356/lec19.html)

Lecture notes by Robert Koons (University of Texas)
The Argument from Evil
(http://brindedcow.umd.edu/236/evil.html)

Analysis by Alan Stairs (University of Maryland)
The Problem of Evil
(http://www.cs.okstate.edu/~marcin/kp/phi151_f98/notes/05Evil.html)

Overview notes on the nature of the problem, types of evil, and several different responses by Marcin Paprzycki (Oklahoma State University)
Philosophy of Religion: Problem of Evil
(http://www.rsweb.org.uk/phil/evil.html)

Collection of briefly annotated links from R. A. Bowie (RS-Web)
The Problem of evil (more detailed treatment)

The Problem of Evil
(http://www.princeton.edu/~grosen/puc/phi203/evil.html)

Detailed analysis by Gideon Rosen (Princeton University)
Leibniz on the Problem of Evil
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/leibniz-evil/)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
John Stuart Mill and the Problem of Evil
(http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/millevil.htm)

Discussion from Faithnet
Horrendous Evil and the Goodness of God
(http://www.faithquest.com/home.cfm?main=docs/philosophers/adams/horevil.cfm)

Article by Marilyn Adams from FaithQuest
Karma and the Problem of Evil in India
(http://www.friesian.com/karma.htm)

Detailed discussion by Kelley Ross (Friesian School Proceedings)
Free will defense

Evil and the free will defense
(http://www.mit.edu/~shaslang/2400-01/evil+fw.html)

Overview notes by Sally Haslanger (MIT)
Lecture #21: The Free Will Defense
(http://www.la.utexas.edu/phl356/lec21.html)

Lecture notes by Robert Koons (University of Texas)
Lecture #22: Mackie's Critique of the Free Will Defense, and the Question of Divine Respo...
(http://www.la.utexas.edu/phl356/lec22.html)

Lecture notes by Robert Koons (University of Texas)
St. Augustine: The Free Will Defense
(http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/freewilldefence.htm)

Discussion from Faithnet
Does the Free-Will Defense Constitute a Sound Theodicy?
(http://hem.passagen.se/nicb/Theodicy.htm)

Essay by Niclas Berggren (The Ratio Institute) against the free will defense
Will
(http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15624a.htm)

Catholic Encyclopedia article
Will, free
(http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06259a.htm)

Catholic Encyclopedia article