If God Is for Us: Christian Perspectives on God and Suffering - Softcover

If God Is for Us: Christian Perspectives on God and Suffering illustrates a profound tradition of struggling--both personally and theologically--to interpret, reflect on, and find meaning in the midst of hardship. Equipped with case studies, discussion questions, suggestions for further reading, and links to pertinent videos, If God Is for Us boldly examines the variety of ways Christians attempt to speak authentically of both God and human suffering.,br>
Gloria L. Schaab, SSJ is associate professor of theology, director of graduate programs in theology and ministry, and associate dean for general education at Barry University, in Miami Shores, Florida. She is the author of Trinity In Relation (Anselm Academic, 2012).

"If there is a God, and if God is good, then how can God allow suffering and injustice?" Perhaps no other question so urgently occupies young people struggling with religious commitment. But it cannot be avoided if one is to lay claim to honest and mature Christian faith. In her superb book If God Is for Us, Gloria Schaab probes various options and offers a way forward that takes both Christian belief and the reality of suffering seriously. She does not seek to offer final "answers," which would ultimately prove inadequate, but rather to offer approaches to the question that will yield deeper insights.
--Rev. David Gentry-Akin
Saint Mary's College of California
In every era, the scope of pain, suffering, and death in the world and its peoples has provoked profound and perplexing questions. Attempts to reconcile such experiences with a benevolent God only further complicate the questions and confusions that arise out of suffering.
If God Is for Us: Christian Perspectives on God and Suffering illustrates a profound tradition of struggling--both personally and theologically--to interpret, reflect on, and find meaning in the midst of hardship. Through biblical, theological, and philosophical resources in dialogue with human experience, Schaab explores a broad range of both ancient and modern Christian interpretations of personal, communal, and systemic suffering. Equipped with relevant case studies, questions for prompting discussions, suggestions for further reading and research, and links to pertinent films, documentaries, and videos, If God Is for Us boldly examines the variety of ways Christians attempt to speak authentically of both God and human suffering.
Gloria L. Schaab, SSJ is associate professor of theology, director of graduate programs in theology and ministry, and associate dean for general education at Barry University, in Miami Shores, Florida. She is the author of Trinity In Relation (Anselm Academic, 2012).