God in Pain
The Mystery of Suffering
Published on 30. January 2019
96 pages
978-1-78622-096-7 (ISBN)
Description
To speak of God in pain is to consider no only the biblical accounts of Christ's suffering and death, but also to proclaim that God is present in our pain. Barbara Brown Taylor explores the eternal mystery of suffering from human and divine perspectives with her characteristic grace, sensitivity and profound biblical insight.
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08/2018
Canterbury Press Norwich
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Content
- Intro
- Title
- By the Same Author
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I: Pain of Life
- 1. The Gift of Disillusionment
- 2. A Cure for Despair
- 3. Learning to Hate Your Family
- 4. Divine Anger
- 5. Feeding the Enemy
- 6. The Betrayer in Our Midst
- 7. Buried by Baptism
- 8. The Suffering Cup
- 9. Pick Up Your Cross
- 10. Unless a Grain Falls
- 11. The Dress Rehearsal
- 12. Surviving Crucifixion
- 13. Portents and Signs
- 14. The Delivery Room
- Part II: Pain of Death
- 15. Believing What We Cannot Understand
- 16. Someone to Blame
- 17. The Triumphant Victim
- 18. The Myth of Redemptive Violence
- 19. The Silence of God
- 20. The Will of God
- 21. The Suffering of God
- 22. May He Not Rest in Peace
- Epilogue: Preaching Christ Crucified
- 23. In Weakness and Much Trembling
- Copyright
