WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE

by HAROLD S KUSHNER

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New small softcover book. 184 pages, first published 1981, this 20th anniversary edition with new introduction published 2002

 For everyone who has been hurt by life - here is a book that heals

There is only one question which really matters: why do bad things happen to good people?

Out of a faith-shaking and senseless waste of a life comes this remarkable and caring book, which will help many. It has sensible and unorthodox and mind-opening things to say about God - and about ourselves. Its author has wisdom and no bitterness. We can learn from him, about acceptance and guilt and despair and the helplessness we all feel when 'none of it makes sense' when we say 'why them?' or worse 'why us?'. We owe him our thanks - David Kossoff.

Rabbi Kushner writes from a wealth of Jewish wisdom and pastoral devotion, but his theology is, I find, is wholly in keeping with contemporary Christian thought. So far as there is an answer to the conflict between the goodness of God and the bitterness of suffering, this is it - Gerald Priestland.

It will bring new meaning, strength and hope to many - Dame Cicely Saunders, DBE, FRCP.

About the author

Rabbi Harold Samuel Kushner (born in Brooklyn, NY in 1935) is a prominent American rabbi aligned with the progressive wing of Conservative Judaism, and a popular author. His best-selling book on the problem of evil, When Bad Things Happen to Good People was written following the death of his son, Aaron, from the premature aging disease progeria. The book deals with questions about human suffering, God, omnipotence and theodicy. Aaron was born in 1963 and died in 1977; the book was published in 1981.

Kushner has written a number of other popular theological books, including How Good Do We Have to Be?, When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough, To Life! and many others.

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When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S Kushner