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Can I read Naming the silences : God, medicine, and the problem of suffering on EtoBox?
Naming the silences : God, medicine, and the problem of suffering by Hauerwas, Stanley, 1940- is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Naming the silences : God, medicine, and the problem of suffering about?
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 mortalit
Who reads Naming the silences : God, medicine, and the problem of suffering?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Hauerwas, Stanley, 1940-
- Publisher
- William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
- Published
- 1990
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780802808967
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Christian, Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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