Stop Blaming God. When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Rabbi Kushner. The Story of Job, and the Lessons We Can Learn From It.

About this episode

The episode discusses Rabbi Harold Kushner's reflections on suffering and the story of Job in light of his son's illness and death.

Send us Fan Mail In 1981 Rabbi Harold Kushner wrote a book on suffering. He decided to write this when he learned that his beloved son Aaron had a terrible disease that would turn him into an old man even as a child. Aaron died at eight. Kushner reflected upon why an innocent child should suffer so much. Could God have prevented this? Kushner turned to the story of Job to try to understand. If you like this podcast, I hope you will read the book. And anot...

People in this episode

Host: Ronald Stockton

Topics covered

• suffering
• faith
• theology
• childhood illness
• Job
• Kushner's reflections

Keywords

• suffering
• Rabbi Kushner
• Job
• faith
• childhood disease
• theology
• innocent suffering

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Books & works: the story of Job

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