his claims about God's goodness cannot stand the onslaught of what he calls the principal threat to his own perspective: 'the sheer amount and intensity of both moral and natural evil.'" In the book Encountering Evil, Stephen Davis has stated his four criticisms of Hick, "First, while no theodicy is free of difficulties, I believe Hick's is not entirely convincing in its handling of the amount of evil that exists in the world... Second, I am dubious about Hick's hope of a gradual spiritual evolution till human beings reach a full state of God-consciousness... Third, I believe Hick also faces what I call the 'cost-effective' criticism of the free will defense... My final and most serious criticism of Hick concerns his commitment to universalism." Major works For a list of his books see the referenced footnote. Faith and Knowledge, (1st ed. 1957, 2nd ed. 1966) The Existence of God, (ed.) (1st ed. 1964), Macmillan Evil and the God of Love, (1966, 1985, reissued 2007) The Many Faced Argument with Arthur C. McGill (1967, 2009). Philosophy of Religion (1970, 4th ed. 1990) Death and the Eternal Life (1st ed. 1976); 1994 pbk edition (Editor) The Myth of God Incarnate (1977) (Editor with Paul F. Knitter) The Myth of Christian Uniqueness: Toward a Pluralistic Theology of Religions (1987) 2005 pbk edition A Christian Theology of Religions (1995) An Interpretation of Religion: Human Responses to the Transcendent (1989, reissued 2004) The Metaphor of God Incarnate (1993, 2nd ed. 2005) The New Frontier of Religion and Science: Religious Experience, Neuroscience and the Transcendent (2006) See also Christian universalism Eschatological verification Footnotes and references External links John Hick's official website John Hick (1922-2012) Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy The John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion 1922 births People from Scarborough, North Yorkshire British conscientious objectors Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Academics of the University of Birmingham Academics of the University of Cambridge 20th-century British philosophers 21st-century British philosophers Claremont Graduate University faculty Protestant philosophers Philosophers of religion 20th-century English theologians English Christian universalists Religious pluralism English philosophers English Quakers English evangelicals Epistemologists 20th-century Christian universalists 21st-century Christian universalists Christian universalist theologians Quaker universalists Converts to Quakerism 2012 deaths People associated with the Friends' Ambulance Unit English male non-fiction writers People educated at Scarborough College Writers about religion and science British expatriates in the United States Princeton Theological Seminary faculty