Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Religious Experience
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Religious Experience
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Characterizing Religious Experience
- Part II Religious Experience in Traditional Monotheism
- Part III Religious Experience Outside Traditional Monotheism
- Part IV Prominent Themes and Challenges
- 10 Exploring the Nature of Mystical Experience
- 11 Miraculous and Extraordinary Events As Religious Experience
- 12 Evil, Suffering, and Religious Experience
- 13 Naturalism and Religious Experience
- 14 Meaning and Social Value in Religious Experience
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
12 - Evil, Suffering, and Religious Experience
from Part IV - Prominent Themes and Challenges
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 June 2020
Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Religious Experience
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Religious Experience
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I Characterizing Religious Experience
- Part II Religious Experience in Traditional Monotheism
- Part III Religious Experience Outside Traditional Monotheism
- Part IV Prominent Themes and Challenges
- 10 Exploring the Nature of Mystical Experience
- 11 Miraculous and Extraordinary Events As Religious Experience
- 12 Evil, Suffering, and Religious Experience
- 13 Naturalism and Religious Experience
- 14 Meaning and Social Value in Religious Experience
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
Summary
Peterson focuses on some theoretical and practical matters regarding the experience of evil and suffering in Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism, with attention to their providing resources for responding to evil and suffering. Noting that different interpretive categories produce different directives for responding, he finds that the responses across religious traditions are significant for engaging with human experience while increasing awareness of our shared humanity.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Religious Experience , pp. 284 - 302Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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