Where is God?
Subtitle: earthquake, terrorism, barbarity, and hope
By: Jon Sobrino ; translated by Margaret Wilde.
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Maryknoll, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
Subjects: Equality -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church; Earthquakes -- El Salvador -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
Description: Jon Sobrino's latest book takes its starting point from tragedy and violence: a devastating earthquake in El Salvador, the terrorist attacks of September 11, and the subsequent bombing of Afghanistan. The topic of suffering and death has traditionally raised questions about the nature and existence of God. But for Sobrino the primary question is addressed to ourselves: Who are we human beings? What does it mean to be human in a world of inequality, injustice, and barbarism? In examining the cruelty of history from the standpoint of the victims, Sobrino finds a challenge not just to find meaning, but to answer a call to personal conversion, structural change, compassion, and solidarity. Ultimately, Christian faith finds hope in the cross--a cross borne not only by Christ, but by Romero, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the poor: "Because of that hope, no matter how hard it is to live through catastrophes, terrorism and barbarity, we cannot rule out the possibility of resurrection."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: First reflections after the earthquake; title: The earthquake seen from the Christian perspective; title: Being honest toward reality; title: The crucified people; title: Primordial saintliness; title: Terrorism and barbarity : New York and Afghanistan; title: Where is God, and what is God doing in the tragedies?; title: Epilogue: redemption and utopia.