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When Bad Things Happen To Good People

By Harold S. Kushner

ISBN: 0380603926
Mass market paperback, 160 pages, Avon, September 1994

ISBN: 0805240896
Hardcover, 148 pages, Schocken Books, November 1989

ISBN: 0394297784
Published by Random House (Audio), March 1, 1987

Synopsis:

This best-selling book has helped millions of readers of many faiths.Harold Kushner, a Jewish rabbi facing his own child's fatal illness, gives wise, compassionate, and practical advice on how to cope with anger, guilt, and grief following potentially overwhelming losses.

Real-life examples of tragedy illustrate how traditional religious answers to these questions often fail to help people in deep pain. His central themes are "Why me?" and how a loving God can permit evil in the world.

He doesn't gloss over the emotional challenge of why God seems to be either unwilling or unable to control the course of nature and the conduct of evil people. It's not a theological exercise, just a very human and realistic perspective on how to keep going in the face of defeat. Kushner offers spiritual guidance that goes beyond the limits of traditional religious boundaries.

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