Chance, necessity, love
Subtitle: an evolutionary theology of cancer
By: Leonard M. Hummel, Gayle E. Woloschak ; foreword by Deanna Thompson
Contributors: Woloschak, Gayle E., author; Thompson, Deanna A., 1966- author of foreword
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Eugene, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9781498284554; 9781498284530; 9781498284547
Subjects: Patients; Religious life; Cancer; Christianity
Description: What exactly is cancer? And where is God and what is love amidst the disease of cancer? The purpose of this book is to address these questions. In order to do, so we first clarify a number of scientific complexities about cancer. Next, we consider a variety of compelling theological perspectives regarding the nature of this disease.--preface.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-177) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The very fiber of our being : cancer as a disease of cells; title: Chance and necessity in life : cancer as a disease of genes; title: Hallmarks of oncological development : cancer as a disease of evolution; title: "No exclusion of suffering" : acceptance in a world with cancers; title: Something more : hope in a world of cancer chance and necessity; title: Chance, necessity, love : a theology of cancer.