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Author:   Professor Rachel Davies ,  Dr Karen Kilby
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   T.& T.Clark Ltd
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9780567687234

ISBN 10:   0567687236
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   26 December 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Karen Kilby (Durham University, UK) and Rachel Davies (Australian Catholic University, Australia) Chapter 1 The Seductions of Kenosis, Karen Kilby (Durham University, UK) Chapter 2 Suffering, Sin and Death in Paul, Dorothea H. Bertschmann (The College of the Resurrection, UK) Chapter 3 Giving the Self through Death: A Crucified Christ as Gift in Galatians, Logan Williams (Durham University, UK) Chapter 4 A Good Aim Yields Good Pain: Beneficial Pain in the Ethics of Gregory of Nyssa, Siiri Toiviainen Rø (University of Helsinki, Finland Chapter 5 Gregory of Nazianzus on the Role of Satan in Human Suffering, Gabrielle Thomas (University of Durham, UK) Chapter 6 Suffering, Dereliction, and Affliction in Christian Mysticism, Bernard McGinn (University of Chicago, USA) Chapter 7 Protest Theism, Aquinas and Suffering, Rik Van Nieuwenhove (Durham University, UK) Chapter 8 Suffering and the Desire for God in John of the Cross, Edward Howells (University of Roehampton, UK) Chapter 9 Stop Kissing Me: Reading Mother Teresa with Bonaventure’s Help, Rachel Davies (Australian Catholic University, Australia) Chapter 10 ’There is still a lot of pollution in there’: Undoing Violent Ideologies, Undoing the Self, Heather M. DuBois (University of Notre Dame, USA) Chapter 11 Reading Simone Weil In East London: Destitution, Decreation and the History of Force, Anna Rowlands (Durham University, UK) Chapter 12 Reflections on Suffering and Bipolar Disorder: Three Forms of Suffering, John Swinton (University of Aberdeen, UK) Chapter 13 Should I Love My Cancer?, Andrew Graystone (Durham University, UK) Chapter 14 Depressive Suffering as Tragic Suffering: Theological Insights and Trajectories, Jessica Coblentz (St Mary’s College of California, USA) Chapter 15 On Vulnerability, Linn Tonstad (Yale University, USA) Chapter 16 Living Sacrifice: Is there a Non-pathological Way of Living Suffering as Sacrifice?, Paul D. Murray (Durham University, UK) Bibliography Index

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Rather than treating suffering as a 'problem' to be explained, the contributors to this remarkable volume explore its impact on the texture of theology as a whole. The result is a multi-faceted demonstration of how profoundly what Christians think about suffering affects how they imagine discipleship. * Ian A. McFarland, Emory University, USA *

The volume will be constructive and thought-provoking for graduate students and scholars across a range of theological specialties, since it clearly demonstrates how assumptions about suffering shape discussions of sin, salvation, spiritual formation, and other key theological themes. * Modern Theology * Rather than treating suffering as a ‘problem’ to be explained, the contributors to this remarkable volume explore its impact on the texture of theology as a whole. The result is a multi-faceted demonstration of how profoundly what Christians think about suffering affects how they imagine discipleship. * Ian A. McFarland, Emory University, USA * A stimulating collection that is well worth ordering for the library. * Theology *

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Karen Kilby is Bede Professor of Catholic Theology at Durham University, UK. Rachel Davies is Research Fellow at Australian Catholic University, Australia.

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