
Unwanted Wisdom
Suffering, the Cross, and Hope
Paul Crowley(Author)
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Published on 1. December 2005
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-0-8264-1759-6 (ISBN)
Description
The film "The Passion of the Christ" raised anew the question why did Jesus suffer such an excruciatingly painful death. For centuries, those afflicted with suffering have been counseled by the church to unite their sufferings to those of Jesus. This book asks the question how the cross of Jesus can be reimagined in such a way as to offer a path of hope rather than resignation. Drawing upon resources as diverse as Simone Weil, William Lynch, Dorothee Soelle, Karl Rahner, and Jon Sobrino, as well as the author's personal experience of deep loss, the book explores the terrain of suffering, from the universal loss of loved ones to the imprisonment of mental illness and the global catastrophe of AIDS. The book also questions the extra burden of suffering put upon gay Catholics by the church's teaching of life-long celibacy for homosexuals.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
360 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-1759-6 (9780826417596)
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Person
Paul G. Crowley, S.J., is associate professor of theology at Santa Clara University. He is the author of Dogma in a Pluralistic Church. He has also written music criticism for Commonweal, notably of Messiaean's opera 'St Francis' and John Adams's oratorio 'El Nino'
Content
Part One: Suffering the Great Leveler; 1. The Terrain of Suffering; 2. Facing the Reality of Suffering; Part Two: God and the Crosses of Suffering; 3. Searching for God; 4. The Cross as Locus of Divine Empathy; 5. The Other Side of the Tapestry; Part Three: Living in Hope; 6. A Cross That leads to Hope; 7. The Cross as Path to Joy.