This book is the second of two volumes collecting together Michael C. Rea's most substantial work in analytic theology. The first volume contains essays focused on the nature of God; this second volume contains essays focused more on doctrines about humanity, the human condition, and how human beings relate to God.

Introduction Part I: Incarnation, Sin and Atonement 1: The Metaphysics of Original Sin 2: Hylomorphism and the Incarnation 3: The Ill-Made Knight and the Stain on the Soul Part II: Evil, Divine Hiddenness, and Worship 4: with Michael Bergmann: In Defense of Skeptical Theism: A Reply to Almeida and Oppy 5: Wright on Theodicy 6: Skeptical Theism and the

Michael C. Rea is Rev. John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is also a Professorial Fellow at the Logos Institute for Analytic & Exegetical Theology at the University of St Andrews. His research focuses primarily on topics in metaphysics, philosophy of religion, and analytic theology. His publications include Voices from the Edge: Centring Marginalized Perspectives in Analytic Theology (co-edited with Michelle Panchuk; 2020), The Hiddenness of God (2018), Analytic Theology: New Essays in the Philosophy of Theology (co-edited with Oliver D. Crisp; 2009), Philosophical and Theological Essays on the Trinity (co-edited with Thomas McCall; 2009), and The Oxford Handbook of Philosophical Theology (co-edited with Thomas P. Flint; 2009). He is also the series editor of Oxford Studies in Analytic Theology with Oliver D. Crisp.

Michael C. Rea is widely regarded as one of the key figures responsible for analytic theology emerging as a distinctive academic discipline in the twenty-first century The second of two volumes featuring Rea's ground-breaking and wide-ranging work in analytic theology The first volume considers the nature of God and our ability to talk and discover truths about God, whereas this volume focuses on theological questions about humanity and the human condition The two volumes tackle traditional and contemporary issues that are important not only in analytic theology but also in mainstream theology and philosophy of religion