Written by Jarvis Streeter (University Press of America, 2008). Streeter compares Ernest Becker’s anthropological theories on the ideas of human nature, sin, and salvation with the ideas presented by traditional Christian theology.

Written by Marilyn McCord Adams (Cornell University Press, 2000). Adams writes on theodicy–how to reconcile the presence of evil with a belief in God’s goodness.

Written by Thomas Aquinas, edited by Brian Davies, translated by Richard Regan (Oxford University Press, USA, 2003). Aquinas addresses a broad range of philosophical questions related to the concept of evil.

Written by Charles Kimball (HarperOne, 2003). Kimball, in the aftermath of 9/11, describes how religion can evolve to work for evil.

Written by Freiherr von Leibniz (Qontro Classic Books, 2010). Von Leibniz’s essays on evil in the context of religion are compiled.

Written by Philip Zimbardo (Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2008). Zimbardo writes about the social psychology of evil.

Written by Roy F. Baumeister and Aaron Beck (Holt Paperbacks, 1999). Baumeister and Beck write about the people who perpetrate evil.

Annette Mahoney is a psychology professor at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. She is co-director of the university’s Spirituality and Psychology Research Team and conducts research on the role, both positive and negative, that religion plays in families and in the transition that couples make to becoming parents.

Thomas Lickona is a developmental psychologist and education professor at the State University of New York at Cortland. He also directs the Center for the 4th and 5th Rs (Respect and Responsibility), which emphasizes the development of character and ethics in children. He is the author of Character Matters: How to Help Our Children Develop Good Judgment, Integrity and Other Essential […]