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When Bad Things Happen to Good People
Harold Kushner
Harper
December 1983
On Sale: December 1, 1983
192 pages
ISBN: 038067033X
EAN: 9780380670338
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"I knew that one day I would write this book. I would
write it out of my own need to put into words some of the
most important things I have come to believe and know. And I
would write it to help other people who might one day find
themselves in a similar predicament. I would write it for an
those people who wanted to go on believing, but whose anger
at God made it hard for them to hold on to their faith and
be comforted by religion. And I would write it for all those
people whose love of God and devotion to Him led them to
blame themselves for their suffering and persuade themselves
that they deserved it."
--Harold S. Kushner
As a young theology student, Harold Kushner puzzled over
the Book of Job. As a small-town rabbi he counseled other
people through pain and grief. But not until he learned that
his three-year-old son, Aaron, would die in his early teens
of a rare disease did he confront one of life's most
difficult questions: Where do we find the resources to cope
when tragedy strikes? "I knew that one day I would
write this book," says Rabbi Kushner. "I would write it out
of my own need to put into words some of the most important
things I have come to believe and know. And I would write it
to help other people who might one day find themselves in a
similar predicament. I am fundamentally a religious man who
has been hurt by life, and I wanted to write a book that
could be given to the person who has been hurt by life, and
who knows in his heart that if there is justice in the
world, he deserved better... If you are such a person, if
you want to believe in God's goodness and fairness but find
it hard because of the things that have happened to you and
to people you care about, and if this book helps you do
that, then I will have succeeded in distilling some blessing
out of Aaron's pain and tears." Since its original
publication in 1981, When Bad Things Happen to Good
People has brought solace and hope to millions. In his
new preface to this anniversary edition, Rabbi Kushner
relates the heartwarming responses he has received over the
last two decades from people who have found inspiration and
comfort within these pages.
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