Chance, Necessity, Love

“Chance, Necessity, Love is an indispensable theological work on how to come to terms with the evolutionary chance and necessity of cancer. This book restores a powerful sense of comprehensibility amid otherwise meaningless suffering. This is a most valuable contribution and by far the most satisfying theological treatment of cancer that I have ever read.”


—Mladen Turk, Associate Professor, Niebuhr Distinguished Chair, Elmhurst College


 


“This book is a major contribution—marked by expertise and wisdom. It combines a presentation of Cancer Science 101 with in-depth religious and theological wrestling with the mystery of cancer in a world created by a loving God. This will be an important source for many years to come.”


—Philip Hefner, Professor Emeritus of Theology, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago


 


“Hummel and Woloschak’s yoking of cancer and evolution to a theology of love and hope is desperately needed and wonderfully crafted. It invites the reader into the science of a disease that touches everyone’s life at some point and makes meaning in this chaotic world of chance and necessity.”


—Lea F. Schweitz, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology/Religion and Science, The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago; Director, Zygon Center of Religion and Science





“This book addresses the paradox of cancer from the standpoint of biology and allows the reader to ponder how such a paradox of nature makes the concept of cancer acceptable from the perspective of religion. The biological underpinnings of this disease are outlined excellently, making it clear that cancer is an inevitable side effect of being alive on planet Earth.”


—Tatjana Paunesku, Research Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology Dept., Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University