Review article
”Adam in stercore cautior.” A small theology of failure and defeat
Ivica Raguž
orcid.org/0000-0002-0083-0325
; The Catholic Faculty of Theology of the University of Osijek
Abstract
The article brings a small theology of failure and defeat. In
the first chapter, starting with Prophet Jeremiah, some fundamental
guidelines for the theological understanding of failures
and defeats are being considered. Failures and defeats first and
foremost call on the faithful to believe that Christianity is a religion
of the crucified, i.e. of the persecuted, unsuccessful and
defeated God on the cross. The second chapter presents six concrete
views of failures and defeats, namely the blessings that failures
and defeats can and should bring for the one who believes in
Jesus Christ. In the final review failures and defeats are viewed
as the mark of perfect joy (Eckhart, St. Francis).
Keywords
failure; defeat; happiness; accident; Jeremiah; Newman
Hrčak ID:
206550
URI
Publication date:
10.10.2018.
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