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God, Medicine, and Suffering

Why does a good and all-powerful God allow us to experience pain and suffering? According to Stanley Hauerwas, asking this question is a theological mistake. Drawing heavily on stories of ill and dying children to illustrate and clarify his discussion of theological-philosophical issues, Hauerwas explores why we so fervently seek explanations for suffering and evil, and he shows how modern medicine has become a god to which we look (in vain) for deliverance from the evils of disease and mortality.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 168
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780802808967
  • Genres
  • theology, christianity, medicine, religion, christian, philosophy, spirituality, science
  • Release date
  • 1994