When Bad Things Happen To Good People

As a young theology student Harold Kushner puzzled over the Book of Job. As asmalltown rabbi he counseled other people through pain and grief. But notuntil he l... » 

As a young theology student Harold Kushner puzzled over the Book of Job. As asmalltown rabbi he counseled other people through pain and grief. But notuntil he learned that his threeyearold son Aaron would die in his earlyteens of a rare disease did he confront one of lifes most difficult questionsWhere do we find the resources to cope when tragedy strikes?I knew that one day I would write this book says Rabbi Kushner. I wouldwrite it out of my own need to put into words some of the most important thingsI have come to believe and know. And I would write it to help other people whomight one day find themselves in a similar predicament. I am fundamentally areligious man who has been hurt by life and I wanted to write a book thatcould be given to the person who has been hurt by life and who knows in hisheart that if there is justice in the world he deserved better. . . . If youare such a person if you want to believe in Gods goodness and fairness butfind it hard because of the things that have happened to you and to people youcare about and if this book helps you do that then I will have succeeded indistilling some blessing out of Aarons pain and tears.Since its original publication in 1981 When Bad Things Happen to Good Peoplehas brought solace and hope to millions. In his new preface to this anniversaryedition Rabbi Kushner relates the heartwarming responses he has received overthe last two decades from people who have found inspiration and comfort withinthese pages. «