When Bad Things Happen to Good People..., Harold S. Kushner
When Bad Things Happen to Good People..., Harold S. Kushner
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When Bad Things Happen to Good People

Author: Harold S. Kushner

Narrator: Harold S. Kushner

Unabridged: 4 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/06/2009

Synopsis

Offers a moving and humane approach to understanding life's windstorms.Raises many questions that will challenge your mind and test your faith regarding the ultimate questions of life and death.

About The Author

Harold S. Kushner is rabbi laureate of Temple Israel in Natick, Massachusetts, where he lives. His classic work, When Bad Things Happen to Good People, was an international best seller. He was honored by the Christophers, a Roman Catholic organization, as one of the fifty people who have made the world a better place in the last half century, and by the national organization Religion in American Life as clergyman of the year in 1999.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Heidi on October 17, 2017

When Bad Things Happen to Good People is Rabbi Harold Kushner's examination of life, why things happen and the role of God in all of it. Kushner wrote the book because his son was born with progeria, a disease where his body aged much faster than it should, and he died young. It shook Kushner to his......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on July 22, 2015

Savvy Spiritual Guidance I often recommend this book to psychotherapy clients because it gives me peace of mind when struggling with the pain of life. Written by Rabbi Harold Kushner, this collection of philosophical wisdom is not tied to a particular religion. Why do bad things happen to good people?......more

Goodreads review by Megan on January 03, 2008

The best I can do to explain this book is to quote it: "But if Man is truly free to choose, if he can show himself as being virtuous by freely choosing the good when the bad is equally possible, then he has to be free to choose the bad also. If he were only free to do good, he would not really be cho......more

Goodreads review by Ellen on October 27, 2007

I wish I could say that this book answers the question posed by its title. Instead, it is more of lesson on how "God" doesn't cause bad things - humans do. If this a concept unfamiliar to you then you might find this book mind opening and perhaps relieving. On the other hand, if you already felt thi......more

Goodreads review by Deacon Tom on February 23, 2022

Truly A Classic Please add my name to the long list of people that I’ve called the book an absolute 100% classic. As a man who in the past two years has had a heart attack/stroke and a broken back. Plus I live with cancer. So,this book was in many ways my story. It is logical and it is sensible and sh......more

Quotes

“Whether religious or not, this book will speak because it touches–profoundly, but simply–on questions no parent and no person can avoid.” —Harvey Cox, Harvard Divinity School

“When Bad Things Happen to Good People offers a moving and humane approach to understanding life’s windstorms.” —Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“A touching, heartwarming book for those of us who must contend with suffering, and that, of course, is all of us.” —Andrew M. Greeley

“This is a book all humanity needs. It will help you understand the painful vicissitudes of this life and enable you to stand up to them creatively.” —Norman Vincent Peale

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