A Joban Theology of Consolation
Contrary to much of the commentary tradition, the book of Job is not primarily a discourse on how to properly speak (or withhold speech) about God in the midst of innocent suffering, nor is it aimed primarily at offering up the character of Job as an exemplar of how to suffer correctly (or incorrect...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2024
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Harvard theological review
Year: 2024, Volume: 117, Issue: 2, Pages: 181-203 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Job
/ Comfort
/ Optimism
/ Pessimism
/ Theology
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IxTheo Classification: | FA Theology HB Old Testament RG Pastoral care |
Further subjects: | B
Gustavo Gutíerrez
B Mara van der Lugt B Pessimism B Theodicy B Susan Neiman B problem of evil B Book of Job B Carol Newsom B Mikhail Bakhtin B Optimism |
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Summary: | Contrary to much of the commentary tradition, the book of Job is not primarily a discourse on how to properly speak (or withhold speech) about God in the midst of innocent suffering, nor is it aimed primarily at offering up the character of Job as an exemplar of how to suffer correctly (or incorrectly). Neither is it a treatise about human submission to (or rebellion from) God’s mysterious sovereign prerogative in permitting evil. It is instead a theological exploration of the dilemmas and demands of consolation that confront us given the inexplicable enormities of human suffering. Its unifying aim is to confront us with multiple voices that pull us into an open-ended—and decidedly pessimistic—reflection on what innocent suffering reveals to us about our creaturely limits and the fragility of our hope in God, features of the human condition that require our capacities for compassion to exceed our capacities for theological sense-making. |
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ISSN: | 1475-4517 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0017816024000087 |