
Book Summary
These six essays by contemporary theologians analyze the complex relationship between religion and suffering. Themes covered include: philosophy's failure to treat suffering seriously; Martin Buber's celebrated interpretations of scriptural suffering; suffering in Kristevan psychoanalysis; the practice of ritualistic home-birth; and God's primal suffering in the Kabbalistic tradition.
Book Details
Book Name | Suffering Religion |
Author | Robert Gibbs, Elliot R. Wolfson |
Publisher | Routledge (Jun 2002) |
ISBN | 9780415266123 |
Pages | 208 |
Language | English |
Price | 2776 |