"This book reads like a spiritual handbook on the problems of suffering and evil, which can be overwhelming. It is filled with wisdom of various traditions on the viscous question of theodicy, but is balanced by sprightly humor. The difficult subject is made accessible through personal reflections and philosophical and religious insights. Once I started reading, I had to finish it--it was captivating and inspiring." -- Veena R. Howard, author of Gandhi's Ascetic Activism: Renunciation and Social Action "This fascinating and highly personal book offers a rare window into how events in the lives of scholars can shape their work and worldview. It is a valuable contribution to the wider discourse on the embodied and embedded nature of scholarly work: that it does not occur in a vacuum or from some imagined 'objective' Archimedean standpoint." -- Jeffery D.

Long, author of A Vision for Hinduism: Beyond Hindu Nationalism.