Product Description: "A valuable contribution to the literature of theology and ethics, combining in a fascinating way biblical, theological, pastoral, and socioethical themes. . . The study is of immense value because it identifies the modern idolatry that views suffering as absurd and devoid of meaning. . . The book is a marvelous exercise in cultural self-analysis that is preliminary to any meaningful exorcism and redirection." --Kenneth Vaux Theology Today "Passionate, imaginative, learned, literary, pithy, and at every point searching, Suffering is a notable achievement, not least because it pricks the heart and conscience, making the reader share in the deep experience of suffering that lies behind its writing." --James A. Carpenter Anglican Theological Review
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Rating: - Amazon data error...
Apparently something is wrong with Amazon, the reviews showing up here are for two different books... the reviews referencing homosexuality are not about this book! Weird mixup.
Rating: - Informative
It is a very straightforward biography with a very important theological message as its theme. The message gives hope to the hopeless. It's not the most interesting presentation- it kind of reads like the stories they read on NPR- so it may not be the best book to start with. I still give this book my recommendadion- it is informative and a must-read (but not a first-read) for anyone who is dealing with Homosexuality in their life or has an acquaintance who is struggling with it.
Rating: - An emminently readable and moving autobiography
If you wish to understand the homosexual condition from a first-hand and Catholic perspective, then here is the place to start. In a clear and inviting style Morrion describes his journey from gay-activist to committed Catholic.
Included as well is some discussion of the causes, effects, and treatement of homosexual attraction and lifestyle. For someone who knew very little about the issues at the time of reading, I found that it helped me to look upon gay people with not just compassion, but also understanding.
Rating: - beyond reason
Irony: looking to the Roman Catholic Church for advice on how to not be gay. This is like getting parenting advice from Michael Jackson. I don't think so.
Rating: - Finding and making meaning
I have used Dorothee Soelle's text, 'Thinking About God', as a text in the introduction to theology class at my seminary; in this volume, 'Suffering', Soelle explores in more depth and detail a concept that is central to the biblical witness, but which is often misunderstood and overlooked in our modern society. Written against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, a time of great suffering that was vividly portrayed in homes around the world (and not too dissimilar to today's world, as history seems to be repeating itself with earnest predictability), Soelle sought answers to timeless questions.
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