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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 12/12/1994
ISBN: 9780802808967
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.50d