At Pains Following and Serving God: A Contemporary Theology of Joy in Suffering
Building on the thought and life of Jürgen Moltmann, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Simone Weil and Teresa of Calcutta, this article demonstrates that it is possible for Christians to find joy in the context of suffering. This joy is the joy of being intimate with Christ, of experiencing Christ’s redeeming...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2021]
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Heythrop journal
Year: 2021, Volume: 62, Issue: 3, Pages: 574-585 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NBE Anthropology NBF Christology |
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| Summary: | Building on the thought and life of Jürgen Moltmann, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Simone Weil and Teresa of Calcutta, this article demonstrates that it is possible for Christians to find joy in the context of suffering. This joy is the joy of being intimate with Christ, of experiencing Christ’s redeeming power at work effectively transforming one’s whole person. In Christ, spiritual darkness and suffering can become a most effective manifestation of the recreating communion of the human with the divine. Perfect discipleship identifies with the complete offer of Jesus Christ, the suffering God, received within one’s heart, so that invincible light might be brought into the night of the world. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-2265 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Heythrop journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/heyj.13317 |