Terry C. Muck is editor of the journal Buddhist-Christian Studies and professor of mission and world religion at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky.
When disaster strikes, people turn to religion to help them answer two questions: Why did this happen? and What should we do about it? Call the first the meaning question and the second the action question.
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