Origin and the Overcoming of Evil and Suffering in the World Religions

All religions face the challenge of explaining, in view of God''s goodness, the existence of evil and suffering in the world. They must develop theories of the origin and the overcoming of evil and suffering. The explanations in Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism of evil and suffering and their origin, as well as these world religions'' theories of how to overcome evil and s...