The Art of Suffering and the Impact of Seventeenth-century Anti-Providential Thought (Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies)
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (860 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0754615006 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 226 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Useful and well-reasearched This book gives a useful insight into the decline of the 'art of suffering' in the seventeenth century. As Thompson explains, during the earlier part of the century, writers like Richard Rogers, Paul Baynes, John Downame, Henry Scudder, Thomas Gouge, Nicolas Byfield, Thomas Taylor, Edward Reyner
This book explores through the art of suffering the way in which the meaning for suffering, which the seventeenth century inherited from the Middle Ages and which centres on the role of suffering as a manifestation of the hand of God in the process of salvation, is refined and enhanced by successive puritan writers only to crumble under the impact of emerging anti-providential thought. 'The art of suffering' is one of many strands of literature on suffering published in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It goes on to explore the challenge which the absence of meaning for suffering presents to the Judaeo-Christian concept of an omnipotent and infinitely good God, and the ways in which themes and doctrines already present in the literature on suffering are reshaped and recombined to defend the omnipotence and infinite goodness of God.