Last week, we read several responses to the problem of evil and suffering. Think about the approaches of James Cone and Andrew Sung Park in particular. How do their approaches help us understand Elie Wiesel’s experiences of suffering, trauma, and faith in Night? How does Wiesel respond to his own lived experience of the problem of evil: the Holocaust? Where do you see Wiesel’s struggle with the problem of evil, and how does he live out his faith and express his faith in response to this particular obstacle? (Use quotes from Night to guide your reflections.) Night by Elie Wiesel, preface and pages 1-29 (this is one of your required textbooks) Night by Elie Wiesel, pages 29-65
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