God and Evil

About God and Evil

God and Evil explores God's relationship to evil, or what is typically called the problem of evil. Different approaches to understanding that relationship, typically in the form of theodicies, will be covered, as will arguments for the existence of God and ways that different worldviews understand evil.

Publisher

Brian James Watson

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Jan 2026

Latest episode

2 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

5 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Sept 2026

   The Free Will Defense

   In this episode, Brian Watson considers Alvin Plantinga's Free Will Defense. Does libertarian free will explain why there is evil in the world? Couldn't God have given us this kind of free will, but also perfect moral character so that we wouldn't do evil?

2. 

   8 Apr 2026

   Solving the Puzzle of Evil

   Brian Watson discusses how to go about "solving" the problem of evil. He talks about a theological and philosophical methodology for creating theodicies.

3. 

   24 Feb 2026

   In Defense of Theodicies

   Should we try to make sense of God's relationship to evil? Is it wrong to create theodicies? Criticisms of theodicies are considered in this episode.

4. 

   9 Jan 2026

   The Many Problems of Evil

   Evil creates existential, practical, and philosphical problems for everyone, regardless of who they are and what they believe.

5. 

   6 Jan 2026

   Introduction

   In this first episode, Brian Watson introduces the podcast and himself.

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

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