Abstract
AbstractThis chapter introduces the project of the book, which is an examination of the problem of evil and an attempt to give a defence with respect to the argument from evil. It examines the nature of suffering and considers what would be an appropriate response to the argument from evil based on suffering. It distinguishes theodicy from defence and presents the nature of the defence at issue in this book. It also begins the examination of the methodology to be used in the construction of a defence. In the process, the chapter discusses the views of Alvin Plantinga and Peter van Inwagen on the nature of a defence. It also considers the claims of sceptical theism that no defence is needed with regard to the problem of evil, and it supports the possibility of defence even if sceptical theism is correct, on the grounds that the religions under attack by the argument from evil accept the notion of divine revelation.
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