Includes bibliographical references (page 152) and index.
Preface; CHAPTER I: A Child's Dying; CHAPTER II: Theology, Theodicy, and Medicine; CHAPTER III: Medicine as Theodicy; Index; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; W.
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Hauerwas explores why we so fervently seek explanations for suffering and evil, and he shows how modern medicine has become a god to which we look-in vain-for deliverance from the evils of disease and mortality.