Amidst mass atrocity and the rubble of theology

searching for a viable theodicy

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Amidst mass atrocity and the rubble of theology

searching for a viable theodicy

It is hubris to claim answers to unanswerable questions. Such questions, however--as part of their burden and worth--must still be asked, investigated, and contemplated. How there can be a loving, all-powerful God and a world stymied by suffering and evil is one of the unanswerable questions we must all struggle to answer, even as our responses are closer to gasps, silences, and further questions. More importantly, how and whether one articulates a response will have deep, lasting repercussions for any belief in God and in our judgments upon one another. Throughout this wide-ranging, interdisciplinary work, Peter Admirand draws upon his extensive research and background in theology and testimonial literature, trauma and genocide studies, cultural studies, philosophy of religion, interreligious studies, and systematic theology. As David Burrell writes in the Foreword: ". . .[T]he work's intricate structure, organization, and development will lead us to appreciate that the best one can settle for is a fractured faith built on a fractured theodicy, expressed in a language explicitly fragmented, pluralist, and broken."

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Cascade Books
Language
English
Pages
366

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Amidst mass atrocity and the rubble of theology: searching for a viable theodicy
2012, Cascade Books
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Amidst Mass Atrocity and the Rubble of Theology: Searching for a Viable Theodicy
2012, Wipf & Stock Publishers
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Amidst Mass Atrocity and the Rubble of Theology: Searching for a Viable Theodicy
2012, Wipf & Stock Publishers
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Theology in an age of genocide -- -- pt. 1.
Trauma, memory, and truth: testimonies of mass atrocity. Traumatic witnessing: depicting and interpreting mass atrocity --
Testimonies of mass atrocity -- -- pt. 2.
Theodicy amongst doubt, despair, and destruction. Phillips's theism without theodicy --
John Paul II's Salvifici doloris --
McCord Adams: horror, but redemption for all --
Sobrino's praxic theodicy --
Gutiérrez's Job: God-talk from the dung heap --
The Jewish tradition of arguing with God --
Jewish post-Shoah theodicy and antitheodicy --
Testimonies of mass atrocity and theodicy: a dialogue --
Afterlife dilemmas: identity, atrocity, and divine embrace --
Five criteria for a viable theodicy --
Epilogue: Salvaging faith amidst the rubble: a fractured, but viable theodicy.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-337) and indexes.

Published in
Eugene, Or

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
231.8
Library of Congress
BT160 .A36 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxvi, 366 pages
Number of pages
366

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL28389311M
Internet Archive
amidstmassatroci0000admi
ISBN 10
1610973062
ISBN 13
9781610973069
LCCN
2011279309
OCLC/WorldCat
783142376

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Work ID
OL20955243W

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