Download or read book Monotheism, Suffering, and Evil written by Michael L. Peterson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-05-12 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suffering and evil in the world provide the basis for the most difficult challenge to monotheistic belief. This Element discusses how the three great monotheisms – Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – respond to the problem of suffering and evil. Different versions of the problem, types of answers, and recurring themes in philosophical and religious sources are analyzed. Objections to the enterprise of theodicy are also discussed as are additional objections to the monotheistic God more broadly. This treatment culminates in a recommendation for how monotheism can best respond to the most serious formulation of the problem, the argument from gratuitous evil.