Suffering and charity in the dark night of the soul

Eleonore Stump's solution to the problem of suffering fails to show how God could be justified in permitting persons to suffer the dark night of the soul. In this article, I explain why and offer an amendment. I contend that a person who responds to the dark night in the right way experiences p...

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Publié dans:Religious studies
Auteur principal: Bungum, Donald J. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Cambridge Univ. Press [2016]
Dans: Religious studies
Année: 2016, Volume: 52, Numéro: 2, Pages: 187-204
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Présence de Dieu / Perte / Souffrance
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophie de la religion
NBC Dieu
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Résumé:Eleonore Stump's solution to the problem of suffering fails to show how God could be justified in permitting persons to suffer the dark night of the soul. In this article, I explain why and offer an amendment. I contend that a person who responds to the dark night in the right way experiences positive feedback between suffering and charity. This feedback not only enables the sufferer ultimately to attain his heart's desire but also explains why God is justified in permitting persons to suffer the dark night.
ISSN:1469-901X
Contient:Enthalten in: Religious studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0034412515000013