Chad V. Meister is Professor of Philosophy and Theology at Bethel College, Indiana, USA. He is the author or editor of 20 books, many of them on evil, including The Cambridge Companion to the Problem of Evil (co-edited with Paul Moser), God and the Problem of Evil: Five Views (co-edited with James Dew), and the six-volume The History of Evil (co-edited with Charles Taliaferro). He is also general co-editor of the series Cambridge Studies in Religion, Philosophy, and Society.

• Preface to the Second EditionPreface to the First Edition1. What is Evil?2. Problems of Evil3. Free Will and Soul Making Theodicies4. A Global Theodicy of Fulfillment5. Anti-Theodicy, Misotheism, and Theodicy of Protest6. The Problem of Divine Hiddenness 7. Evil, Atheism, and the Problem of Good8. Evil and Suffering in Hinduism and Buddhism9. Eternal Goods and the Triumph over EvilNotesReferencesIndex

An accessible, lucid examination of the theological problems evil causes as it manifests itself in various forms, this second edition of Evil: A Guide for the Perplexed adds chapters on topics such as Jewish, Christian, and Islamic responses to evil and skeptical theism … The text is particularly engaging because it wrestles not only with older theodicies but also with modern-day issues that intersect with the notion of evil … Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates; professionals.