摘要：[1]This book tackles one of the most important perennial topics in theology -the problem of evil and suffering -placing its consideration of this topic in the context of one of the most publicly engaging aspects of theology today -the dialogue between science and theology. With this topic and this context, the book might have made a real contribution to the relationship of religion and society, especially at a time when various states are considering the relation between religion and science in public school curricula. Unfortunately, the author does not have enough background in the philosophy of science or in theology to make his legitimate criticisms of "Darwin's God" clear without simultaneously making fatal flaws in epistemology and leaving enormous gaps in theological metaphysics. These shortcomings frustrate the book's potential at every turn
