When Bad Things Happen to Good People
ISBN: 9781400034727 | 1400034728
Edition: 1stFormat: Trade Paper
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE
Pub. Date: 8/24/2004
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Harold S. Kushner is Rabbi Laureate of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts.
When Harold Kushner's three-year-old son was diagnosed with a degenerative disease and that he would only live until his early teens, he was faced with one of life's most difficult questions: Why, God? Years later, Rabbi Kushner wrote this straightforward, elegant contemplation of the doubts and fears that arise when tragedy strikes. Kushner shares his wisdom as a rabbi, a parent, a reader, and a human being. Often imitated but never sup... MORE
When Harold Kushner's three-year-old son was diagnosed with a degenerative disease and that he would only live until his early teens, he was faced with one of life's most difficult questions: Why, God? Years later, Rabbi Kushner wrote this straightforward, elegant contemplation of the doubts and fears that arise when tragedy strikes. Kushner shares his wisdom as a rabbi, a parent, a reader, and a human being. Often imitated but never sup... MORE
| Preface to the Twentieth Anniversary Edition | p. ix |
| Introduction: Why I Wrote This Book | p. 3 |
| Why Do the Righteous Suffer? | p. 10 |
| The Story of a Man Named Job | p. 43 |
| Sometimes There Is No Reason | p. 63 |
| No Exceptions for Nice People | p. 76 |
| God Leaves Us Room to Be Human | p. 97 |
| God Helps Those Who Stop Hurting Themselves | p. 117 |
| God Can't Do E... MORE | p. 152 |
| What Good, Then, Is Religion? | p. 177 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 201 |
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Harold S. Kushner is Rabbi Laureate of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts.
