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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.”

10/24/2013 | Rating NR

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