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Why, God? is a touching volley between the two that will lead the reader towards hope through God's abundant generosity.\"\" --Morris Thompson, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana \"\"This book is for those who are appalled by easy answers to the problem of senseless pain: 'God wills it. You will benefit from it. Everything happens for a reason.' Maggie Cupit and her grandfather Ed Henderson--college student and college professor--reject such banalities. Instead, they confront the God whose creation entails chance and accident, whose crucified Son invites interrogation, whose sustaining presence bears them and everyone else through the dark night of divine absence.\"\" --Ralph C. 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