书目名称 | From Suffering to God | 副标题 | Exploring our Images | 编辑 | Marian F. Sia,Santiago Sia | 视频video | | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | ‘A splendid book! The authors give a moving account of a tragic aspect of our present human world. It is a scholarly, learned account.‘ - Charles Hartshorne, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin Does the reality of suffering disclose anything about God‘s nature? The authors address this fundamental question by reflecting on some theistic responses to the challenge of suffering. Taking seriously the persistence of theistic belief despite widespread suffering, they focus on the practical ways some believers deal with suffering: by ‘suffering with those in affliction‘ and ‘working for the liberation of those who are opposed.‘ They then investigate the possibility of describing God as ‘co-sufferer‘ and ‘liberator.‘ In their exploration they turn to literature, theology and philosophy and offer an interesting interpretation of the relationship between these disciplines. Part I contains literary and descriptive reflections on the experiences of certain theists faced with the reality of suffering. The authors present and analyse the concerns, fears and hopes expressed in the book of Job and selected poems by Hopkins, Vaughan, Donne and Herbert. They then try to | 出版日期 | Book 1994 | 关键词 | America; bibliography; death; English literature; experience; god; inquiry; interpret; literature; love; philo | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230379312 | isbn_ebook | 978-0-230-37931-2 | copyright | Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1994 |
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