Piotr Roszak is an ordinary professor at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland and associated professor at University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, where he obtained his PhD in 2009. He's an ordinary member of Pontifical Academy of St Thomas Aquinas in Rome, the Editor-in-Chief of the journal 'Scientia et Fides' dedicated to science-religion debate. His research interest includes the relationship between science and religion, philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, history of the Spanish-Mozarabic rite, analytic theology and the phenomenon of pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela. Piotr Roszak is also a co-founder and member of the Scientific Council of the “European Journal for the Study of Thomas Aquinas” and a member of the publishing board of “Synderesis” (Spain), “Scrutari Fontes” (Italy). He has obtained several grants from the John Templeton Foundation, the National Science Centre in Poland, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, and the Ministry of Science in Spain. Piotr Roszak is the author of several monographs and collective works, has published more than 140 articles in scientific journals, and is one of the most cited scholars in the humanities according to the ranking of Elsevier and Stanford University (2% of most cited scholars in the world in 2021 and 2022).  Saša Horvat is a philosopher who works as an assistant professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Croatia. His areas of philosophical interest and the subjects of his published work encompass neurophilosophy, philosophy of religion, science, and religion, among others. He has successfully secured multiple grants from institutions such as the John Templeton Foundation, the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport in Croatia, and the University of Zagreb. Dr. Horvat has authored two books, one on the Cognitive Science of Religion and another on Martin Heidegger. He is a member of the Editorial Board for the journal “JAHR - European Journal of Bioethics” and actively participates in the work of several other scientific journals.

• Chapter 1. Genealogy of reductionism.- Chapter 2. Overcoming reductionism.- Chapter 3. Pain, Life, and Theodicy.- Chapter 4. Pain and Suffering.- Chapter 5. Evolution, Pain, and the Quest for Understanding.- Chapter 6. God and Pain.- Chapter 7. Future of theodicy.

Piotr Roszak is an ordinary professor at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland and associated professor at University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, where he obtained his PhD in 2009. He's an ordinary member of Pontifical Academy of St Thomas Aquinas in Rome, the Editor-in-Chief of the journal 'Scientia et Fides' dedicated to science-religion debate. His research interest includes the relationship between science and religion, philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, history of the Spanish-Mozarabic rite, analytic theology and the phenomenon of pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela. Piotr Roszak is also a co-founder and member of the Scientific Council of the “European Journal for the Study of Thomas Aquinas” and a member of the publishing board of “Synderesis” (Spain), “Scrutari Fontes” (Italy). He has obtained several grants from the John Templeton Foundation, the National Science Centre in Poland, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, and the Ministry of Science in Spain. Piotr Roszak is the author of several monographs and collective works, has published more than 140 articles in scientific journals, and is one of the most cited scholars in the humanities according to the ranking of Elsevier and Stanford University (2% of most cited scholars in the world in 2021 and 2022).  Saša Horvat is a philosopher who works as an assistant professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Croatia. His areas of philosophical interest and the subjects of his published work encompass neurophilosophy, philosophy of religion, science, and religion, among others. He has successfully secured multiple grants from institutions such as the John Templeton Foundation, the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport in Croatia, and the University of Zagreb. Dr. Horvat has authored two books, one on the Cognitive Science of Religion and another on Martin Heidegger. He is a member of the Editorial Board for the journal “JAHR - European Journal of Bioethics” and actively participates in the work of several other scientific journals.

• Chapter 1. Genealogy of reductionism.- Chapter 2. Overcoming reductionism.- Chapter 3. Pain, Life, and Theodicy.- Chapter 4. Pain and Suffering.- Chapter 5. Evolution, Pain, and the Quest for Understanding.- Chapter 6. God and Pain.- Chapter 7. Future of theodicy.

Piotr Roszak is an ordinary professor at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland and associated professor at University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, where he obtained his PhD in 2009. He's an ordinary member of Pontifical Academy of St Thomas Aquinas in Rome, the Editor-in-Chief of the journal 'Scientia et Fides' dedicated to science-religion debate. His research interest includes the relationship between science and religion, philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, history of the Spanish-Mozarabic rite, analytic theology and the phenomenon of pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela. Piotr Roszak is also a co-founder and member of the Scientific Council of the “European Journal for the Study of Thomas Aquinas” and a member of the publishing board of “Synderesis” (Spain), “Scrutari Fontes” (Italy). He has obtained several grants from the John Templeton Foundation, the National Science Centre in Poland, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, and the Ministry of Science in Spain. Piotr Roszak is the author of several monographs and collective works, has published more than 140 articles in scientific journals, and is one of the most cited scholars in the humanities according to the ranking of Elsevier and Stanford University (2% of most cited scholars in the world in 2021 and 2022).  Saša Horvat is a philosopher who works as an assistant professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Croatia. His areas of philosophical interest and the subjects of his published work encompass neurophilosophy, philosophy of religion, science, and religion, among others. He has successfully secured multiple grants from institutions such as the John Templeton Foundation, the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport in Croatia, and the University of Zagreb. Dr. Horvat has authored two books, one on the Cognitive Science of Religion and another on Martin Heidegger. He is a member of the Editorial Board for the journal “JAHR - European Journal of Bioethics” and actively participates in the work of several other scientific journals.

• Chapter 1. Genealogy of reductionism.- Chapter 2. Overcoming reductionism.- Chapter 3. Pain, Life, and Theodicy.- Chapter 4. Pain and Suffering.- Chapter 5. Evolution, Pain, and the Quest for Understanding.- Chapter 6. God and Pain.- Chapter 7. Future of theodicy.