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| Titre : |
A Joban Theology of Consolation |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Sameer Yadav, Auteur |
| Année de publication : |
2025 |
| Article en page(s) : |
pp. 181-203 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Résumé : |
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 |
in Harvard Theological Review > n°4 (2025) . - pp. 181-203
[article] A Joban Theology of Consolation [texte imprimé] / Sameer Yadav, Auteur . - 2025 . - pp. 181-203. Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Harvard Theological Review > n°4 (2025) . - pp. 181-203
| Résumé : |
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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