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Evoking Lament: A Theological Discussion

Evoking Lament: A Theological Discussion

Hardcover

General Christianity

ISBN10: 0567033899
ISBN13: 9780567033895
Publisher: Continuum
Published: Dec 9 2009
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.10
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English
Harasta and Brock show how lament seems to introduce notes of mistrust into an otherwise confident relationship with faith, God and His will. In prayer all experiences may be brought to God in openness and trust. Yet lament seems to introduce notes of mistrust into a relationship properly characterized by confident faith in God and His will. Sustained attention to lament presents a challenge to theological reflection in reminding it of the acuteness of the experience of suffering and evil. This volume suggests that a robust concept and practice of lament is an appropriate response to questions of evil and suffering in its refusal to close off questions that cannot and should not be closed. Lament takes place in the eye of the storm of theodicy, and when the distinct content of Christian lament is discovered here the question of theodicy is transformed.

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