From the publisher- WHY GOD? is a compassionate inquiry for anyone who has ever suffered or been moved by the pain and suffering in the world. It is for anyone willing to think this question through. It is for those who have had their faith sorely tried but who nonetheless 'remain haunted by the sense of a divine reality in and behind things.' Cooper takes us on a journey to explore our faith traditions and the Bible in looking for the answers to our questions; a journey arising from the tragic deaths of his two young children. Drawing on the writings of church theologians and modern Christian contemporaries, Cooper lucidly and gently leads us to better understand a God who engeges the world as it is.