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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
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- Author
- Stanley, 1940- Hauerwas
- Publisher
- William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
- Published
- 1990
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780802804969
- Category
- relationships
- Subjects
- Religion, Christian, Family & Relationships
- Rating
- 3.93 / 5 (90 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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