Atheism and the Problem of Evil

Paul Draper is Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University. Most of his published work applies theories of evidence and probabilistic reasoning to problems in philosophy of religion and philosophy of science. His favorite topic is the problem of evil, about which he has written more than a dozen papers, including his influential article, "Pain and Pleasure: An Evidential Problem for Theists." In his new book, Atheism and the Problem of Evil, Draper examines, not just facts about evil, but all of the most relevant evidence for and against theism, concluding that the God of traditional Western monotheism does not exist.