Arvind Sharma 
An Accidental Theodicy 
Genuflexions on a Fractured Knee

An adequate explanation of suffering is perhaps the most intractable issue in the study of religion and philosophy, and the answer to the question ‘Why me?’ has eluded not only those who are the victims of suffering, but those who sympathize with them and try to understand and explain their suffering. In this highly personal account, Arvind Sharma shares his story of becoming the victim of a severe road accident and his gradual recovery from a fractured knee, which included a hospital stay, surgeries, unexpected setbacks, and a lengthy process of rehabilitation. In the second and most substantial part of the book, Sharma attempts to intellectually come to terms with his experience and to reflect on how the experience of suffering in one form or another is a universal condition of human existence.

Tabella dei contenuti

Preface




Part I. The Accident



Part II. The Aftermath: The Search for Meaning



Notes

Bibliography

Circa l’autore

Arvind Sharma is Birks Professor of Comparative Religion at Mc Gill University. He is the author of many books, including
One Religion Too Many: The Religiously Comparative Reflections of a Comparatively Religious Hindu and
Hinduism as a Missionary Religion, and the coeditor (with Ellen Bradshaw Aitken) of
The Legacy of Wilfred Cantwell Smith, all published by SUNY Press.