Mark Wynn is a lecturer in the Philosophy of Religion at the Australian Catholic University.

'...a most attractive as well as quite a persuasive book.' - Hugo Meynell, The Heythrop Journal Vol. 42, No. 2, April 2001'God and Goodness is a splendid, significant text' - Faith and Philosophy, Charles Taliaferro, January 2001it 'provides the best defence of the design argument that is presently available' - Religious Studies, Marcel Sarcot, March 2001

• Introduction; Part 1 The goodness of the world as its reason for existence; Chapter 1 Providence and beauty; Chapter 2 The world as a source of value; Part 2 Disvalues and the goodness of the world; Chapter 3 Providence and evil; Chapter 4 Theodicy in an ecological mode; Part 3 Moral commitment to the goodness of the world; Chapter 5 A non-epistemic case for trusting in the goodness of the world; Part 4 The goodness of the world and the concept of God; Chapter 6 Worship and the concept of God; Chapter 7 Salvation and the concept of God; Chapter 8 Conclusion;