The Question of Sufferingand the Christian Response: Divine-Human Partnership |
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What Can We Do About Evil? (and instructions and theology of evil) How Much of an Atheist Are You? (and instructions)
The Question of Suffering and the Christian Response: Divine-Human Partnership Is There Meaning in Suffering? A Comparison of Karmic, Christian, and Atheist Views Why God "Maximizes" Opportunities for Love and Faith, and Doesn't Minimize Suffering Suffering Generally: Three Types of Pain from the Story of Jacob (Genesis 25-35) Suffering in Unique Cases: The Unique Roles of Job, Israel, and Jesus Suffering in Unique Cases: Job's Suffering and God's Response (and ppt) God's Participation in Our Suffering in Jesus: The Emotions of God - Tears God's Transformation of Our Suffering in Jesus Our Participation in Jesus' Suffering The End of Suffering: Where is God in Pain, Especially Mine? To go behind the issue of suffering to the root problem of human evil, please see: * The Question of Evil and the Christian Response: Jesus' New Humanity * Images of God in a Broken World
Personal and Practical: Embracing Jesus' Transformation of You Lead a Global Poverty Impact group: live simply, give generously, in community * The eight week GPI curriculum * The eight week leader's guide for Scriptures
Christian Resources * David Bentley Hart, Tremors of Doubt, an article * David Bentley Hart, Tsunami and Theodicy, an article * David Bentley Hart, The Doors of the Sea: Where Was God in the Tsunami? * William Paul Young, The Shack * C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain * C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed * Kent Annan, Aftershock: Searching for Honest Faith When Your World is Shaken
General Resources * Nicholson Baker, Why I'm a Pacifist: The Dangerous Myth of the Good War Before we blame God for the Holocaust, we need to read this article. * Dr. Daniel Carr, Narrative, Pain, and Suffering on how the story you live in shapes how much pain you feel. Summary: Henry Knowles Beecher was an army doctor during World War II. He made the striking finding that 75% of wounded soldiers would turn down morphine as a pain reliever. At this earlier work in a clinic in Boston, people with bullet injuries always requested more morphine. The intensity of the pain associated with being shot was lower in the battlefield than in civilian life. What could explain that? Are soldiers just tougher guys? No; Beecher’s very simple explanation: Context. The pain that you feel when you’re hit by a bullet, it’s just as much about the story that comes with the bullet. The soldier, if he gets shot and survives, thinks: If I can be evacuated from here, I can recuperate at home, I’ll be given a medal of honor, they’ll honor me. The civilian, if he gets shot and survives, wonders: will I be able to work, will I be able to pay the doctor bills, how do I pay the rent, how will my family suffer? To Dr. Beecher, the difference in the stories affects how much you feel pain. The story you live in makes all the difference.
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