Addresses some important preliminary issues before exploring the question of how an incompatibility argument from evil is best formulated, and possible responses to such arguments. Then focuses on skeptical theism. Finally discusses evidential arguments from evil, and four different kinds of evidential argument are set out and critically examined.

Introduction and overview; 1. Formulations of arguments from evil ¿ important preliminary issues; 2. Incompatibility arguments from evil; 3. Skeptical theism ¿ human epistemological limitations and incompatiblity arguments from evil; 4. Evidential arguments from evil; Summary and conclusions.