Divine Power and Evil

<p>Evil perplexes us all and threatens to undermine the meaningfulness of our existence. How can we reconcile the reality of evil with the notion of a God who is perfectly good and powerful? Process theodicy whose foremost proponent is David Griffin suggests one answer: because every being possesses its own power of self-determination in order for God to attain the divine aim of higher goodness for the world God must take the risk of the possibility of evil. <em>Divine Power and Evil</em> responds to Griffin's criticisms against traditional theodicy assesses the merits of process theodicy and points out ways in which traditional theism could incorporate a number of Griffin's valuable insights in progressing toward a philosophically and theologically satisfactory theodicy. It provides a new and important contribution to a long-standing debate within philosophy of religion and theology.</p>