Daniel Howard-Snyder is Professor of Philosophy at Western Washington University, where he has taught since 2000. He has a PhD from Syracuse University and a BA from Seattle Pacifi c University. He is editor or co-editor of four books, The Evidential Argument from Evil (Indiana University Press, 1996), Faith, Freedom, and Rationality (Rowman & Littlefield, 1996), Divine Hiddenness (Cambridge, 2002), and The Blackwell Companion to the Problem of Evil (Blackwell 2013). He has published articles in, among other places, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, American Philosophical Quarterly , and Faith and Philosophy . His chief love is his familyFrances, William, and Peterwithout whom his life would be bereft of all joy.