Woman-killing in Juárez : theodicy at the border / Rafael Luévano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Luévano, Rafael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Suffering--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Suffering.

Violence--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Violence.

Theodicy.

Women--Crimes against--Mexico--Ciudad Juárez.

Women.

Women--Crimes against.

Mexico--Ciudad Juárez.

Physical Description:

xvii, 174 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, [2012]

Summary:

Author Luévano (religious studies, Chapman U.) has engaged in years of field research documenting the unsolved killings and disappearances of hundreds of women in the border city of Cuidad Juárez, Mexico. Theorizing the murders as a theological event, he uses femicide as a way to explore the conundrum of God's relationship to the cause of human suffering and the presence of the Divine in such suffering. He outlines the sociopolitical and economic factors surrounding the killings, such as drug trafficking and globalization, and touches on the Biblical story of Job and the Holocaust writings by Elie Wiesel. Original b&w photos by the author are included. The bibliography lists theological and philosophical works, interdisciplinary works, and fiction and memoir. There is no subject index. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

What remains?

Juárez

What is killing the women?

What is suffering?

What is God's relationship to suffering?

Apathy as a response to suffering

Is there a suffering God?

Responses to suffering.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-174).

ISBN:

9781570759680

1570759685

OCLC:

757464137