RS180 Lecture Notes - Eudaimonia, Irredeemable, A Grief Observed
5 Dec 2013
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Lewis"s experiences with the death of his wife, joy. Use it as a transition from looking at the love of eros to the love of charity. We are going to use the rest of lewis"s story to look at how he has, in his own life, struggles with his faith in god. His experience of this death raised many questions for him about god. In our culture we have a very narrow sense of what this love of charity is about. It is often profound experiences, like experiences of death, experiences of suffering that raise for people questions of ultimate meaning. Sense in lewis that his own struggle with this grief really brings to the surface the root of his questions. Why bother to love in the first place if love will inevitably lead to suffering and loss. Suffering as a way to god jerome miller and a grief observed. Heart is not just about the feelings we have.
