BIB 379 Faith and Suffering

This course aims to explore how Christians have wrestled with questions of suffering, especially physical suffering. Students will read different Christian responses to this perennial problem in a fallen world. Throughout the course attention is also given to various practices that Christians have found to be meaningful when trying to live in the midst of physical suffering. Prerequisite(s): BIB 111 , BIB 142 , BIB 277 , BIB 278  or permission of the instructor. 3 hour(s).