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Evoking Lament - A Theological Discussion (Paperback, New)
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Evoking Lament - A Theological Discussion (Paperback, New)
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Harasta and Brock show how lament seems to introduce notes of
mistrust into an otherwise confident relationship with faith, God
and His will. In prayer all experiences may be brought to God in
openness and trust. Yet lament seems to introduce notes of mistrust
into a relationship properly characterized by confident faith in
God and His will. Sustained attention to lament presents a
challenge to theological reflection in reminding it of the
acuteness of the experience of suffering and evil. This volume
suggests that a robust concept and practice of lament is an
appropriate response to questions of evil and suffering in its
refusal to close off questions that cannot and should not be
closed. Lament takes place in the eye of the storm of theodicy, and
when the distinct content of Christian lament is discovered here
the question of theodicy is transformed. The first section reflects
on the anthropological conditions of lament, describing it as a
hermeneutic for negotiating adverse experiences that transcends the
simple opposition of innocent suffering and guilt. The second
section reflects on why and how lament has faded from modern
theological thought that is over reliant on systematic accounts of
evil and whose abstractions have drifted free of religious
experience. The third section develops an understanding of trust
that includes expressions of lament while not sanitizing its
rawness. The final section inquires after the distinct Christian
profile of lament. Lament, even as an experience of isolation,
stands within the believing community and its traditions. Moreover,
because Christian lament is based on Christ's passion and
resurrection, Christ endorses and shapes the believers' lament as
he shapes their praise.
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