The Problem of Evil

In every age, the problem of evil and suffering has been perceived as an obstacle to faith. Arguing against the view that “he who makes a free use of his understanding must necessarily reject Christianity,” M. Ernest Naville presents his solution to the problem of evil in religious philosophy. Naville’s treatise surveys the classic answers to the problem of good and evil, provides insight into the philosophical climate of the nineteenth century, and defends the orthodox Christian perspective on good and evil in the modern age.