Suffering and Love: Martin Luther, Simone Weil and the Hidden God

Publication Type

Book Chapter

Year of Publication

2009

Author

Duttenhaver, Krista

Editor

Helmer, Christine

Book

The Global Luther: A Theologican for Modern Times

Pages

96-112

Publisher

Fortress Press

Place Published

Minneapolis

Language

English

Chapter

7

Keywords

affliction (malheur)
love
cross
Luther, Martin
mysticism
suffering

Annotation

As the title suggests, Duttenhaver looks at Luther's and Weil's theology of suffering and love paying attention to where they were in agreement, where they disagreed and how their respective theologies serve as correctives to the errors and excesses in their works.