TY - BOOK AU - Langtry,Bruce TI - God, the best, and evil SN - 9780199238798 AV - BT135 .L37 2008 U1 - ARCH YNDC 214 L286G 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Providence and government of God KW - Christianity KW - Theodicy KW - Good and evil N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [232]-234) and index; Introduction: Problems, concepts, and background theories -- God and worlds than which there are none better -- Divine choice from infinite hierarchies of creatable worlds -- World creation when there are prime worlds -- Empirical objections to theism, not based on evil -- Logical arguments from evil, against the existence of God -- Theodicy for two general truths about evil -- Evidential arguments from evil, against the existence of God UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip088/2008000548.html ER -