From the days of the early Church Christians have forged what has seemed to be a fitting kinship between their suffering and Christ s Passion. As a result, Christians are sometimes guided by the impression that simply believing hard enough -Have faith - would somehow trickle down to change their hardship. However, having faith in God does not automatically translate into know-how or wisdom with suffering. Sadly, many of us seem to improvise by trial and error with one of life s most formative experiences.
This book sets out to explore an ethic of suffering; that is, learning how to...