JPI 930
The Trinitarian Meaning of Human Suffering
This course takes as its starting point John Paul II's encyclicals Redemptor hominis, Dives in misericordia, and Dominum et vivificantem, and the apostolic letter Salvifici doloris. The course attempts to advance a theological understanding of the meaning of evil and suffering. This reflection is set against the backdrop of the examination in the contemporary situation of the meaning of suffering. Besides the work of John Paul II, the other main authors examined in the course are Plotinus, Aquinas, Hegel, von Balthasar, and E. Mounier.
