The End of Suffering Finding Purpose in Pain |
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| Author:
| Cairns, Scott |
| Series title: | Paraclete Poetry Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55725-563-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2009 |
| Publisher: | Paraclete Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $16.99USD $16.99 |
Book Description:
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Drawing upon personal experience and a compelling range of early Christian traditions and the writings of poets, prophets and wise men and women, Scott Cairns offers the fruit of his pondering of suffering - his own, yours, ours. The central argument of
The End of Suffering is most directly addressed by Simone Weil's affirmation that, "The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural remedy for...
More Description Drawing upon personal experience and a compelling range of early Christian traditions and the writings of poets, prophets and wise men and women, Scott Cairns offers the fruit of his pondering of suffering - his own, yours, ours.
The central argument of The End of Suffering is most directly addressed by Simone Weil's affirmation that, "The extreme greatness of Christianity lies in the fact that it does not seek a supernatural remedy for suffering, but a supernatural use for it."