“Anyone interested in exploring the mystery of God and suffering will want to read Gloria Schaab’’s well-researched and insightful book, If God Is for Us: Christian Perspectives on God and Suffering. Schaab analyzes a wide range of experiences of suffering in the world, interspersing personal testimonies from a variety of people who have struggled to find meaning in those experiences. She expounds a rich diversity of classical and contextual theological approaches to the mystery of suffering. Rather than proposing a particular theological response, she leads her readers through an examination of these approaches in a way that enables them to grasp their meaning and assess their relevance. Schaab’’s book is a valuable resource for study of and reflection on the ever-present reality of suffering in the world.”