If I hadn't loved him, there wouldn't be this agony.

— Nicholas Wolterstorff (b. 1932), Religionsphilosoph

Source: Lament for a Son, S. 89 (vorgelesen im Podcast „The Table“, Biola University CCT, 2018)

Topics: Grief & Comfort, Love, Suffering & the Question of God

Nicholas Wolterstorff

Nicholas Wolterstorff (* 1932) ist ein US-amerikanischer Religionsphilosoph und reformierter Theologe, der am Calvin College sowie an der Yale University lehrte. Bekannt wurde er als Mitbegründer der Reformierten Erkenntnistheorie und durch seine Arbeiten über biblische Gerechtigkeit sowie das seelsorgerliche Trauerbuch „Klage um einen Sohn“. Während seine Gedanken zu Klage und der Barmherzigkeit Gottes vielen Lesern Orientierung bieten, lösten seine Kritik an der klassischen Gotteslehre und seine spätere theologische Befürwortung gleichgeschlechtlicher Partnerschaften in konservativen Kreisen Kontroversen aus.

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