Part 1 Non-mystical theodicy: defining theodicy; Dostoevsky's critique of theodocy; John Hick's "soul-making" theodicy; problems and issues in traditional theodicy. Part 2 Mystical theodicy: defining teleological mysticism; theodical evidence in Meister Eckhart; the consolatory power of mystical experience; the origin of evil in human nature - Jacob Boehme's "Ungrund"; dystelological evil and rebirth.

Certain mystics provocatively respond to the challenges which evil poses to their religious beliefs. This book develops the structure of the mystical response to evil together, drawing upon the work of Eckhart, Boehme, Dostoevsky, Sankara, Ghose and Underhill.