Accompaniment in Times of Suffering: Liberating Images of God

Carmen Ramos Carmona

Accompaniment in Times of Suffering: Liberating Images of God

Carmen Ramos Carmona

Research output: Thesis › Master's Thesis

Abstract

Atonement theologies of salvation are problematic for suffering victims, which calls for a change in how we imagine God and view salvation today. A distorted image of God and God's salvation deprives those in distress of finding consolation, healing, and agency through their faith. I apply a feminist critical hermeneutic of liberation that reveals that the application of CDH can accommodate violence and other forms of evil against the marginalized, women, and the natural world. It is necessary to find metaphors for God that can offer spiritual sustenance to those who suffer and reimagine an alternate idea of God's salvation. Understanding God's deliverance as accompaniment, mediated through a loving community, is one pastoral approach to responding to the suffering in our world today.

Original language	English
Qualification	Master of Arts, Theological Studies
Awarding Institution	Loyola Marymount University
Supervisors/Advisors	Hoover, Brett, Advisor
State	Published - Apr 1 2022
Externally published	Yes

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