What was the title of C.S. Lewis’s 1952 Christian apologetics book about pain and suffering?

C.S. Lewis’s 1952 Christian apologetics book about pain and suffering was The Problem of Pain. The book examines why suffering exists within a Christian understanding of God, human freedom, judgment, and redemption.

Lewis wrote it as a work of theological argument rather than as a personal diary. He discusses topics including divine omnipotence, human sin, hell, and the role of pain in shaping moral awareness. Its purpose is to address a classic philosophical and religious challenge: how suffering can exist if God is good and powerful.

The Problem of Pain is often confused with A Grief Observed, which Lewis wrote later after the death of his wife, Joy Davidman. A Grief Observed is much more personal and anguished, whereas The Problem of Pain presents a structured apologetic argument.