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Broken Yet Beloved: A Pastoral Theology of the Cross
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About Broken Yet Beloved: A Pastoral Theology Of The Cross
Product description In this remarkable application of a theology of the cross to pastoral care, Sharon Thornton shows that while suffering may seem to be our birthright, not all suffering is inevitable. The wounds society collectively inflicts on people over time, both intentional and through indifference to one another, challenge us the most and have been addressed the least by pastoral theologians--injuries such as interracial animosity, gender discrimination, and class divide, as well as injuries resulting from wars and genocide. From Publishers Weekly "The personal is political," Thornton tells readers, arguing that human suffering doesn't randomly happen, but is embedded in a host of political and social structures that oppress certain groups of people more than others. In this book, she unpacks some of those structures, her writing informed by liberation theology and social theory. A "pastoral theology of the cross," she contends, offers hope because Jesus' suffering addresses "the eclipse of the holy" and "the loss of hope" that many individuals feel. This well-written but highly specialized book will appeal primarily to pastors and counselors who share Thornton's views about injustice and are undaunted by her frequent citations of theorists such as Antonio Gramsci and Dorothee Soelle. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. About the Author "Dr. Sharon Thornton is ordained in the United Church of Christ. She served as the pastor of a Japanese American church, Christ Church of Chicago, UCC. She has also provided pastoral leadership for Sycamore Congregational Church, UCC, a Japanese American church in Northern California, and Stanford Memorial Church in Palo Alto, California. Sharon currently serves as Professor of Pastoral Theology
