Pt. 1. Introductory. The problem and its terms -- The two poles of thought : monism and dualism -- Pt. 2. The Augustinian type of theodicy. The Fountainhead : St. Augustine : evil as privation of good stemming from misused freedom -- The Fountainhead : St. Augustine : the principle of plentitude and the aesthetic theme -- Catholic thought from Augustine to the present day -- The problem of evil in reformed thought -- Eighteenth-century 'optimism' -- Dividing the light from the darkness -- Pt. 3. The Irenaean type of theodicy. Sin and the fall according to the Hellenistic fathers -- The Irenaean type of theodicy in Schleiermacher -- The two theodicies : contrasts and agreements -- Pt. 4. A theodicy for today. The starting point -- Moral evil -- Pain -- Suffering -- The kingdom of God and the will of God -- Recent work on the problem of evil