On Job: God-Talk and the Suffering of the Innocent
On Job: God-Talk and the Suffering of the Innocent

On Job: God-Talk and the Suffering of the Innocent

by Gustavo Gutiérrez

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Pages 160
Publisher Orbis Books
Published 1987
ISBN-13 978-0883445525
One of this century's most eminent theologians addresses the eternal questions of the relationship of good and evil, linking the story of Job to the lives of the poor and oppressed of the world.

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A short but powerful commentary by the father of Latin American liberation theology. I am convinced that Gutiérrez is right to see the central problem of Job as how to speak about (and to) God from within a situation of the suffering of the innocent. His reflections on justice and the connection of the book to the suffering of Jesus are inspiring. [Full Review]