Suffering and the Christian Life

Karen Kilby is Bede Professor of Catholic Theology at Durham University, UK.Rachel Davies is Research Fellow at Australian Catholic University, Australia.

• IntroductionKaren Kilby (Durham University, UK) and Rachel Davies (Australian Catholic University, Australia)Chapter 1The Seductions of Kenosis, Karen Kilby (Durham University, UK)Chapter 2Suffering, Sin and Death in Paul, Dorothea H. Bertschmann (The College of the Resurrection, UK)Chapter 3Giving the Self through Death: A Crucified Christ as Gift in Galatians, Logan Williams (Durham University, UK)Chapter 4A Good Aim Yields Good Pain: Beneficial Pain in the Ethics of Gregory of Nyssa, Siiri Toiviainen Rø (University of Helsinki, FinlandChapter 5Gregory of Nazianzus on the Role of Satan in Human Suffering, Gabrielle Thomas (University of Durham, UK)Chapter 6Suffering, Dereliction, and Affliction in Christian Mysticism, Bernard McGinn (University of Chicago, USA)Chapter 7Protest Theism, Aquinas and Suffering, Rik Van Nieuwenhove (Durham University, UK)Chapter 8Suffering and the Desire for God in John of the Cross, Edward Howells (University of Roehampton, UK)Chapter 9Stop Kissing Me: Reading Mother Teresa with Bonaventure’s Help, Rachel Davies (Australian Catholic University, Australia)Chapter 10’There is still a lot of pollution in there’: Undoing Violent Ideologies, Undoing the Self, Heather M. DuBois (University of Notre Dame, USA)Chapter 11Reading Simone Weil In East London: Destitution, Decreation and the History of Force, Anna Rowlands (Durham University, UK)Chapter 12Reflections on Suffering and Bipolar Disorder: Three Forms of Suffering, John Swinton (University of Aberdeen, UK)Chapter 13Should I Love My Cancer?, Andrew Graystone (Durham University, UK)Chapter 14Depressive Suffering as Tragic Suffering: Theological Insights and Trajectories, Jessica Coblentz (St Mary’s College of California, USA)Chapter 15On Vulnerability, Linn Tonstad (Yale University, USA)Chapter 16Living Sacrifice: Is there a Non-pathological Way of Living Suffering as Sacrifice?, Paul D. Murray (Durham University, UK)BibliographyIndex

The volume will be constructive and thought-provoking for graduate students and scholars across arange of theological specialties, since it clearly demonstrates how assumptions about suffering shape discussionsof sin, salvation, spiritual formation, and other key theological themes.