"What Good is God?:  In Search of a Faith That Matters"

In "What Good is God?" journalist and spiritual seeker Philip Yancey travels the globe in search of an answer to a query posed the world over.  It's a universal question, one that "occurs in some form to every person who experiences pain or death or poverty or unfairness - in other words, to everyone," says Yancey.  What good is God in a world where terrorists attack tourist sites in Mumbai, where women and children are sold into sexual slavery, where a gunman kills 32 students and staff on a college campus, and where six million people in South Africa alone suffer with HIV/AIDS?

Or, on a more personal level, does faith really matter when you're struggling with an addiction, when you get laid off from your job and your home is in foreclosure, or when chronic depression sets in?

This book recounts Yancey's search, including meetings with leaders of the underground church in China, with Dalits (untouchables) in India, with prostitutes, alcoholics, and Bible college students in the U.S., and with charismatic Christians in Johannesburg.  Each stop provides a fascinating clue to answering life's most profound questions.  As he relives these ten memorable occasions, the author tells the dramatic "story behind the story" as well as what he said at the time to the people he encountered.  This unique combination provides a compelling reading experience, as well as firsthand evidence that faith really does make a difference, even when belief is severely tested.

**Please Note:  This is a gently used book with some mild staining on the page edges and first page.