{"product_id":"why-do-men-suffer-by-leslie-d-weatherhead-fourth-printing","title":"Why Do Men Suffer? by Leslie D. Weatherhead - Fourth Printing","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy Do Men Suffer?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeslie D. Weatherhead\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Abingdon Press, 1936\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFourth Printing, November 1937\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eHardcover in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003every good condition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eoriginal dust jacket\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDescription\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eA very nice early printing of \u003ci\u003eWhy Do Men Suffer?\u003c\/i\u003e by Leslie D. Weatherhead, the influential British Methodist minister, City Temple preacher, and widely read religious author whose books occupy an important place in the broader Oxford Group-era spiritual landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003ePublished in 1936, \u003ci\u003eWhy Do Men Suffer?\u003c\/i\u003e is one of Weatherhead’s serious early works on pain, providence, prayer, faith, and the problem of evil. Rather than offering easy answers, Weatherhead approaches suffering as a pastoral and spiritual reality, addressing questions that haunted many religious readers in the interwar period: Why does God allow suffering? Is suffering the will of God? What is the place of prayer and faith in human affliction? The chapter headings alone show why the book had lasting appeal. It is a thoughtful, accessible theological work from an author who became one of the most recognized English religious voices of the mid-20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eFor collectors in the Oxford Group, early recovery, and related devotional fields, Weatherhead is significant because he stood within the same wider current of surrender-centered Christianity that shaped so much influential spiritual literature of the 1930s. While not as directly identified with recovery history as some better-known Oxford Group names, he remains an important adjacent figure whose books help illuminate the religious atmosphere from which much early recovery spirituality emerged. His works often blend pastoral warmth, psychological insight, and practical Christian living in a way that continues to resonate with collectors of serious spiritual literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eThis title is especially appealing as an early Weatherhead work, issued during the same decade in which his name was becoming firmly established. It belongs to that strong run of 1930s books that made him a sought-after author for readers interested in faith, inner struggle, prayer, and spiritual perseverance. A worthwhile addition for collectors of Oxford Group-era literature, religious psychology, Christian devotion, and related recovery-adjacent material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eVery good. Green cloth binding remains clean and solid, with light general handling wear. Spine lettering remains legible. Text block is clean and well preserved. Contemporary owner name to front endpaper. Copyright page confirms \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003eFourth Printing, November 1937\u003c\/span\u003e. Includes the original \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003edust jacket noted as the Fourth Printing on the front cover\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003ePlease view all photos carefully for condition details.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recovery Collectibles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49004336611570,"sku":null,"price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0328\/4625\/0120\/files\/AE1BAEF4-61A5-42B6-9AF9-B80806C5A39E.jpg?v=1775228782","url":"https:\/\/recoverycollectibles.com\/products\/why-do-men-suffer-by-leslie-d-weatherhead-fourth-printing","provider":"Recovery Collectibles","version":"1.0","type":"link"}