Dostoevskii and the Book of Job: The Struggle to Find Faith

2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Rampton
Keyword(s):  
Literary Analysis ◽  
Recent Criticism ◽  
Book Of Job ◽  
The World ◽  
The Way

The book of Job is essential for understanding Dostoevskii’s art, because of the similarity of the questions the authors engage with and the way their texts are constructed. However, ambiguities in the book of Job itself as well as disagreements about the presentation of faith and doubt in Dostoevskii’s fiction have made the discussion of precisely how the book of Job influenced Dostoevskii remarkably wide-ranging. In this article I argue for complementing the literary analysis of Dostoevskii’s novels with the insights of recent criticism of the book of Job. According to this reading, Job does not provide Dostoevskii with a cognitive answer to the question of why the innocent suffer or explain the existence of evil in the world, but rather acts as a confirmation that faith is a process in which doubt plays a crucial and ongoing role.

Protest and Enlightenment in the Book of Job

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wes Morriston
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Religion ◽  
Alvin Plantinga ◽  
Contemporary Philosophy ◽  
Book Of Job ◽  
Religious Texts ◽  
Contemporary Christian ◽  
The World ◽  
Eleonore Stump ◽  
The Way

This chapter takes a close and critical look at the use made of the Book of Job by two contemporary Christian philosophers, Alvin Plantinga and Eleonore Stump. Their interpretations illustrate the way in which the theological or confessional turn in contemporary philosophy of religion can blind us to what foundational religious texts actually say. By carefully re-examining the Book of Job, the chapter seeks to show how even their own scriptures may sometimes undermine the standpoints of traditionalists. Read without theological blinders, the Book of Job presents a sharp challenge to traditional ideas about God and the world, while the theophany at the climax of the book opens up highly unorthodox but religiously interesting possibilities.

scholarly journals Littérature-médecine et scénographie du traumatisme psychologique dans "J'ai le SIDA" de Blasius Ngome

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Suzanne Eyenga Onana
Keyword(s):  
Literary Analysis ◽  
Nous Concluons ◽  
Literary Space ◽  
Personal Myth ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
Constituent Elements ◽  
The Way

Literatura-medicina (2015) es una variante ficticia que aborda temas de enfermedades en el espacio literario. En J'ai le SIDA, Blasius Ngome presenta un personaje debilitado por una aprehensión psicológicamente desestabilizadora: se cree el portador de VİH/VİH. El autor conduce entonces al lector por el laberinto de una historia de suspenso cuya trama está puntuada por numerosas maniobras digestivas. ¿Cómo se desarrolla la narración de este malestar, que sumerge al héroe de Ngome en un traumatismo inquietante que lo subyuga desde el principio hasta el final de la historia? La sociocrítica y la psicocrítica guían nuestra reflexión. Ambos tienen en cuenta la inmanencia del análisis literario. Además, la primera teoría encaja hábilmente en la segunda, mientras que la segunda abre el camino a una "red embrujadora" y a un despliegue del "mito personal" del autor que se negocia a través de los elementos constitutivos de la diégesis. Concluimos examinando el esquema del mensaje del demiurgo ante esta pandemia que sigue haciendo estragos en las ciudades del mundo muchas décadas después del descubrimiento de su existencia. Literature-medicine (2015) is a fictional variant that addresses issues of disease in the literary space. In I have AIDS, Blasius Ngome presents a character weakened by a psychologically destabilising apprehension: he thinks he is the bearer of HIV/HIV. The author then leads the reader in the maze of a suspenseful story whose plot is punctuated by numerous digetic maneuvers. How does the narration of this malaise develop, which plunges the hero of Ngome into a haunting traumatism that subjugates him from the beginning to the end of the story? Socio-criticism and psycho-criticism guide our reflection. Both take into account the immanence of literary analysis. Moreover, the first theory fits skillfully into the second, while the second opens the way to a "bewitching network" and a display of the author's "personal myth" that is negotiated through the constituent elements of diegesis. We conclude by examining the outline of the demiurge's message in the face of this pandemic that continues to ravage in the cities of the world many decades after the discovery of its existence.   La littérature-médecine est une variante fictive qui aborde les questions de la maladie dans l'espace littéraire. Dans J'ai le SIDA, Blasius Ngome présente un personnage affaibli par une appréhension psychologiquement déstabilisante : il pense être le porteur de VİH/VİH. L'auteur entraîne ensuite le lecteur dans le dédale d'une histoire à suspense dont la trame est ponctuée de nombreuses manœuvres d'espionnage. Comment se déroule la narration de ce malaise, qui plonge le héros de Ngome dans un traumatisme obsédant qui le subjugue du début à la fin de l'histoire ? La sociocritique et la psycho-critique guident notre réflexion. Toutes deux prennent en compte l'immanence de l'analyse littéraire. De plus, la première théorie s'intègre habilement dans la seconde, tandis que la seconde ouvre la voie à un "réseau obsédant" et à un déploiement du "mythe personnel" de l'auteur qui se négocie à travers les éléments constitutifs de la diégèse. Nous concluons en examinant les grandes lignes du message du démiurge face à cette pandémie qui fait toujours rage dans les villes du monde plusieurs décennies après la découverte de son existence.

scholarly journals Reading the Book of Job and Camus' La Peste during COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-27
Author(s):  
Erwin Susanto
Keyword(s):  
Active Response ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Book Of Job ◽  
Religious Person ◽  
Divine Justice ◽  
The World ◽  
The Way

The pandemic crisis that is COVID-19 has caused unprecedented suffering throughout the world. At such a time, the religious person can legitimately ask why God allows this and how one’s faith might wrestle with such tragedy. In my search of the Scriptures to respond to these questions, I find the Book of Job to be a fruitful dialogue partner—be it in the way it urges one to consider aspects of suffering that are not apparent or in how it resists attempts at oversimplifying God’s character. In this essay, I compare the Book of Job with Albert Camus’s novel La Peste, the latter being set during an epidemic. I argue that both literary works provide space for a theological voice to recognize and articulate suffering in terms of divine justice; both works also enable one to resist any concrete framework for explaining suffering. I then suggest that La Peste complements one’s reading of Job as Scripture by highlighting both the importance of active response to suffering as well as the relational dimension of suffering in the world, which should prove to be helpful in this time of crisis and beyond.

Becoming Politicized

2017 ◽  
Vol 225 (4) ◽  
pp. 324-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Barkas ◽  
Xenia Chryssochoou
Keyword(s):  
Collective Identity ◽  
Political Socialization ◽  
Greek Society ◽  
Economic Vulnerability ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Identity Model ◽  
Beliefs About The Future ◽  
Of Greece ◽  
The Way

Abstract. This research took place just after the end of the protests following the killing of a 16-year-old boy by a policeman in Greece in December 2008. Participants (N = 224) were 16-year-olds in different schools in Attiki. Informed by the Politicized Collective Identity Model ( Simon & Klandermans, 2001 ), a questionnaire measuring grievances, adversarial attributions, emotions, vulnerability, identifications with students and activists, and questions about justice and Greek society in the future, as well as about youngsters’ participation in different actions, was completed. Four profiles of the participants emerged from a cluster analysis using representations of the conflict, emotions, and identifications with activists and students. These profiles differed on beliefs about the future of Greece, participants’ economic vulnerability, and forms of participation. Importantly, the clusters corresponded to students from schools of different socioeconomic areas. The results indicate that the way young people interpret the events and the context, their levels of identification, and the way they represent society are important factors of their political socialization that impacts on their forms of participation. Political socialization seems to be related to youngsters’ position in society which probably constitutes an important anchoring point of their interpretation of the world.

Restrained Airs: The Diegetic Surface and Nondiegetic Depth of British Film Music

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-443
Author(s):  
Paul Mazey
Keyword(s):  
Film Music ◽  
The World ◽  
British Cinema ◽  
Film Making ◽  
The Way

This article considers how pre-existing music has been employed in British cinema, paying particular attention to the diegetic/nondiegetic boundary and notions of restraint. It explores the significance of the distinction between diegetic music, which exists in the world of the narrative, and nondiegetic music, which does not. It analyses the use of pre-existing operatic music in two British films of the same era and genre: Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1952), and demonstrates how seemingly subtle variations in the way music is used in these films produce markedly different effects. Specifically, it investigates the meaning of the music in its original context and finds that only when this bears a narrative relevance to the film does it cross from the diegetic to the nondiegetic plane. This reveals that whereas music restricted to the diegetic plane may express the outward projection of the characters' emotions, music also heard on the nondiegetic track may reveal a deeper truth about their feelings. In this way, the meaning of the music varies depending upon how it is used. While these two films may differ in whether or not their pre-existing music occupies a nondiegetic or diegetic position in relation to the narrative, both are characteristic of this era of British film-making in using music in an understated manner which expresses a sense of emotional restraint and which marks the films with a particularly British inflection.

Profilometry. Using Corneo-scleral topography for scleral lens fitting

The Eye ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (128) ◽  
pp. 19-22
Author(s):  
Gregory DeNaeyer
Keyword(s):  
Ocular Surface ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Contact Lenses ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Way

The world-wide use of scleral contact lenses has dramatically increased over the past 10 year and has changed the way that we manage patients with corneal irregularity. Successfully fitting them can be challenging especially for eyes that have significant asymmetries of the cornea or sclera. The future of scleral lens fitting is utilizing corneo-scleral topography to accurately measure the anterior ocular surface and then using software to design lenses that identically match the scleral surface and evenly vault the cornea. This process allows the practitioner to efficiently fit a customized scleral lens that successfully provides the patient with comfortable wear and improved vision.

The place of the plant world in the worldview system of transoxiana sufism in 16th century

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (Extra-A) ◽  
pp. 157-161
Author(s):  
Lutfullo Eshonovich Ismoilov ◽  
Ramil Tagirovich Yuzmukhametov ◽  
Markhabo Tukhtasunovna Rajabova
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Method ◽  
Literary Analysis ◽  
Semantic Interpretation ◽  
16Th Century ◽  
Main Method ◽  
Holistic Understanding ◽  
The World ◽  
Lives Of The Saints

The article considers the topic of the Plant World in the Sufi writings of the 16th century Transoxiana, based on the material of manakibs, i. e. the so-called Lives of the Saints. The significance and relevance of the topic is due to the need to study the issues of semantic interpretation of the concept of plant and plant world in Sufi writings. Hence, the purpose of this article is to disclose the diverse meanings of the concept of the “World of Plants” contained in the 16th-century Transoxiana manakibs of such authors as Abdurakhman Jami, Abu-l Baka b. Khodzha Bakha-ud-din, Khusein Serakhsi. The main method in the study of this issue is the historical and comparative method, and the method of literary analysis, which allows you to create a holistic understanding of the symbolism of the Plant World in Sufi writings of Transoxiana of the 16th century.      

Los criterios de textualidad en la hermenéutica de Paul Ricoeur. Un análisis crítico

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrián Bertorello
Keyword(s):  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Reading Strategies ◽  
Paul Ricoeur ◽  
Material Base ◽  
The World ◽  
Paul Ricœur ◽  
Text Writing ◽  
The Way

RESUMENEl trabajo examina críticamente la afirmación central de la hermenéutica de Paul Ricoeur, a saber, que el soporte material de la escritura es el rasgo determinante para que una secuencia discursiva sea considerada como un texto. La escritura cancela las condiciones fácticas de la enunciación y crea, de este modo, un ámbito de sentido estable en el que se puede validar una concepción de la subjetividad que está implicada en las dos estrategias de lecturas (el análisis estructural y la apropiación), esto es, un sujeto pasivo que se constituye por la idealidad del significado. Asimismo, el trabajo intentará precisar una serie de ambigüedades en el uso que Ricoeur hace del «ser en el mundo» para sostener la referencialidad del discurso.PALABRAS CLAVETEXTO, ESCRITURA, REFERENCIA, SUBJETIVIDAD, MUNDOABSTRACTThis paper critically examines the main assertion of Paul Ricoeur´s hermeneutics, i.e., that the material base of writing is the determining feature to consider a discursive sequence as a text. Writing cancels the factual conditions of enunciation and creates, in this way, a background of stable meaning where it is possible to validate a conception of subjectivity implicated in the two reading strategies (the structural analysis and the appropriation), i.e., a passive subject constituted by the ideality of meaning. Likewise, this paper aims to clarify some ambiguities in the way Ricoeur uses the «beings in the world» to support the discourse referentiality.KEY WORDSTEXT, WRITING, REFERENCE, SUBJECTIVITY, WORLD

The Role of Music and Allied Arts in Public Writings on Cultural Diversity: “People of Sri Lanka”

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 93-100
Author(s):  
Gisa Jähnichen
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Culturally Different ◽  
The World ◽  
Official Languages ◽  
The Way

The Sri Lankan Ministry of National Coexistence, Dialogue, and Official Languages published the work “People of Sri Lanka” in 2017. In this comprehensive publication, 21 invited Sri Lankan scholars introduced 19 different people’s groups to public readers in English, mainly targeted at a growing number of foreign visitors in need of understanding the cultural diversity Sri Lanka has to offer. This paper will observe the presentation of these different groups of people, the role music and allied arts play in this context. Considering the non-scholarly design of the publication, a discussion of the role of music and allied arts has to be supplemented through additional analyses based on sources mentioned by the 21 participating scholars and their fragmented application of available knowledge. In result, this paper might help improve the way facts about groups of people, the way of grouping people, and the way of presenting these groupings are displayed to the world beyond South Asia. This fieldwork and literature guided investigation should also lead to suggestions for ethical principles in teaching and presenting of culturally different music practices within Sri Lanka, thus adding an example for other case studies.

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