Suffering religion / / edited by Robert Gibbs and Elliot R. Wolfson

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Disciplina: 291.2/118
• Soggetto topico: Suffering - Religious aspects - Christianity; Suffering - Religious aspects - Judaism
• Altri autori: GibbsRobert <1958-> WolfsonElliot R
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Contributors; Introduction: the study of religion; Unjustifiable suffering; Rereading Job as textual theodicy; Suffering in theory; The scandal of pain in childbirth; Divine suffering and the hermeneutics of reading: philosophical reflections on Lurianic mythology; Suffering and incarnation; Epilogue: theology and religious studies; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In a diverse and innovative selection of new essays by cutting-edge theologians and philosophers, Suffering Religion examines one of the most primitive but challenging questions to define human experience - why do we suffer? As a theme uniting very different religious and cultural traditions, the problem of suffering addresses issues of passivity, the vulnerability of embodiment, the generosity of love and the complexity of gendered desire. Interdisciplinary studies bring different kinds of interpretations to meet and enrich each other. Can the notion of goodness retain meaning in the
• Titolo autorizzato: Suffering religion
• ISBN: 1-134-50144-7; 0-415-26612-2; 1-134-50145-5; 1-280-06881-7; 0-203-16598-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818571503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II