Making expert use of narrative theology, Prof. Luévano uses the killing of over 500 women since 1993 in Ciudad Juárez as a lens to examine and attempt to understand the role that suffering plays in God s love and relationship with humankind. The first three chapters that form Part I describe events in northern Mexico that provide the context for the killing of young women. The five chapters in the second part examine different themes within the broad context of theodicy the nature of God, the traditional teaching of the church, and contemporary theological approaches to human suffering (e.g., Soelle, Wiesel, Moltman).