Towards Tragedy/Reclaiming Hope
Subtitle: Literature, Theology and Sociology in Conversation
Contributors: Richard K. Fenn (Foreword); Pink Dandelion (Editor)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: July 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9780754607656
Subjects: Quakers (Religious Society of Friends); Society of Friends; Christianity - Quakers; Religion - Denominations - Religions; Religion; England; Christianity - Denominations; Tragic, The; Christianity - Quaker; History
First sentence: 'Tragedy' is a term generally used today to evoke horrible suffering, like the devastation of a natural disaster or the death of a child, but the word has become so common in contemporary English that it is often reduced to mean no more than 'very sad' or 'most unfortunate'.