EVIL & EVOLUTION: A THEODICY

Table of Contents

Preface

1: Problems, Mysteries, and Truth

A. Problem and Mystery

B. The Problems of Evil

C. The Heart of the Problem

2: Almighty Goodness

A. God Almighty

B. God and Good

C. God and the Evolution of Good

3: The Shape of Evil

A. The Myths of Evil

1. The Fall

2. The Chaos of the Gods

3. Man as the Tragic Hero

B. Myth and Evolution

4: The Reality of Evil

A. Idealism and the World of Evil

B. The Nature of Evil

C. How Bad is Evil?

5: The Evil Within

A. Original or Ultimate Sin?

B. Freedom and Sin

C. Sin and the Excess of Evil

6: Evil and World Process

A. Chance and Choice

B. Evolution and Death

C. The Final Enemy

7: The Price of Freedom

A. Suffering: Human Affliction or Universal Lot?

B. Freedom and Chance

C. Freedom and Futility

8: The God Who Suffers

A. The Lord of the Absurd

B. The God Who Died

C. The Self-Emptying God

9: Cosmic Suffering and the Kingdom of God

A. Suffering and the Cosmic Christ

B. Parousia and Transfiguration

C. The Accomplishment of the Kingdom

Epilogue: From Denial to Acceptance

Appendix: Theodicy: Definitions and Short History

Acknowledgments and Additional Notes

Bibliography

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