Amidst Mass Atrocity and the Rubble of Theology

by Admirand, Peter; Burrell, David B.

• ISBN13: 9781610973069
• ISBN10: 1610973062
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-16
• Publisher: Cascade Books

Summary

It is hubris to claim answers to unanswerable questions. Such questions, however-as part of their burden and worth-must still be asked, investigated, and contemplated. How there can be a loving, all-powerful God and a world stymied by suffering and evil is one of the unanswerable questions we must all struggle to answer, even as our responses are closer to gasps, silences, and further questions. More importantly, how and whether one articulates a response will have deep, lasting repercussions for any belief in God and in our judgments upon one another.

Author Biography

Peter Admirand is a Lecturer in the School of Theology, Mater Dei Institute, Dublin City University, and a Research Associate and Adjunct Lecturer in Intercultural Theology and Interreligious Studies it the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin. He is the author of a wide range of articles in interreligious studies; testimonial literature; postcolonial and postmodern theology; and moral theology.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
(Fractured) Preface and Acknowledgment	p. xi
Introduction: Theology in an Age of Genocide	p. xv
Trauma, Memory, and Truth: Testimonies of Mass Atrocity	p. 1
Traumatic Witnessing: Depicting and Interpreting Mass Atrocity	p. 3
Testimonies of Mass Atrocity	p. 39
Theodicy amidst Doubt, Despair, and Destruction	p. 63
Christian Philosophical Theodicy: In the Shadow of Christian Tradition	p. 67
Phillips's Theism without Theodicy	p. 69
John Paul IIÆs Salvifici Doloris	p. 86
McCord-Adams: Horror-but Redemption for All	p. 108
Assessment of Section 1	p. 131
Liberation Theology: Doing Theology "While Ayacucho Lasts"	p. 133
Sobrinos Praxic Theodicy	p. 135
Gutiérrez's Job: God-Talk from the Dung Heap	p. 151
Assessment of Section 2	p. 165
Post-Shoah Jewish Theology: Faith in Spite of God	p. 167
The Jewish Tradition of Arguing with God	p. 169
Jewish Post-Shoah Theodicy and Antitheodicy	p. 184
Assessment of Section 3	p. 217
Seeking a Viable Theodicy despite Mass Atrocity	p. 221
Testimonies of Mass Atrocity and Theodicy: A Dialogue	p. 223
Afterlife Dilemmas: Identity, Atrocity, and Divine Embrace	p. 253
Five Criteria for a Viable Theodicy	p. 275
Epilogue: Salvaging Faith amidst the Rubble: A Fractured but Viable Theodicy	p. 301
Bibliography	p. 307
Name Index	p. 339
Subject Index	p. 351
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