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Swinburne on providence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2000

RICHARD M. GALE
RICHARD M. GALE
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
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Abstract

My review of Swinburne's elaborate and ingenious higher-good type theodicy will begin with an examination of his argument for why the theist needs a theodicy in the first place. After a preliminary sketch of his theodicy and its crucial free-will plank, its rational-choice theoretic arguments will be critically scrutinized.

Richard Swinburne Providence and the Problem of Evil. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998). Pp. xiii + 263. £35.50 Hbk. £14.99 Pbk.

Type
Research Article
Information
Religious Studies , Volume 36 , Issue 2 , June 2000 , pp. 209 - 219
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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