Introduction -- Part one: what is evil and why is it a problem? -- Evidential problems of evil / Gregory E. Ganssle and Yena Lee -- The logical problem of evil / James K. Dew Jr. -- God and gratuitous evil / Bruce Little -- Part two: some reasons God might allow evil -- Natural evil: a "free process" defense / Garry DeWeese -- Augustine and the problem of evil / R. Douglas Geivett -- The Irenaean soul-making theodicy / James Spiegel -- Leibniz and the best of all possible worlds / Jill Graper Hernandez -- Part three: evil and other relevant themes -- Evil and primeval sin: how evil emerged in a very good creation / Paul Copan -- Evil and original sin / Paul Copan -- Evil and the hiddenness of God / Chad Meister -- Evil and prayer: set prayers and other special weapons and tactics in times of trouble / Charles Taliaferro -- Evil, the resurrection and the example of Jesus / Gary Habermas -- Evil in non-Christian religions / Win Corduan -- Evil and the new atheism / David Beck -- Evil as evidence for Christianity / Gregory E. Ganssle -- Part four: issues in dialogue -- Diversity, evil and hell: a particularist approach / William Lane Craig -- God and hell reconciled / Kyle Blanchette and Jerry L. Walls -- Evil, creation and intelligent design / William Dembski -- Evil, creation and evolution / Karl W. Giberson and Francis S. Collins -- Appendix: The Craig-Tooley debate: theism, atheism and the problem of evil / William Lane Craig and Michael Tooley.