Augustine on Evil

This well-written and highly-acclaimed study on Augustine and the problem of evil.

Gillian R. Evans (Author)

9780521397438, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 27 July 1990

216 pages
21.8 x 14.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.311 kg

'The author presents the most coherent analysis of Augustine's theodicy that I have seen, clearer perhaps than Augustine was able to achieve himself.' Church History

Augustine, perhaps the most important and most widely read Father of the Church, first became preoccupied with the problem of evil in his boyhood and this preoccupation continued throughout his life. This well-written, and highly-acclaimed study follows him in his progress towards a solution, and beyond, to consider the influence his thinking had upon the study of the problem of evil for a thousand years and more.

Preface
1. The experience of evil
2. The problem presents itself
3. Evil in the mind
4. Evil in the universe
5. The antidote to evil
6. Becoming and being good
7. The divine imperative
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: The Early Church [HRCC1]