Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
Poet Christian Wiman
Clip: 10/24/2013 | 9m 21s
He has incurable cancer, yet this writer believes “death is here to teach us something."
“I have a hard time conceiving of a God completely removed from suffering,” says Christian Wiman, a lecturer in religion and literature at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. “Once I understand the notion of Christ participating in suffering, then it makes more sense to me.”
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Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
Poet Christian Wiman
Clip: 10/24/2013 | 9m 21s
“I have a hard time conceiving of a God completely removed from suffering,” says Christian Wiman, a lecturer in religion and literature at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music. “Once I understand the notion of Christ participating in suffering, then it makes more sense to me.”
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