This course approaches the theme of suffering as a challenge to phenomenology and Christian theology. Suffering is distinguished from pain, and explored in relation to various modes of meaning-giving. Extended attention is given to the possibility of meaningless suffering, with reference to medical literature and the testimony of victims of the Shoah. The theme of meaningless suffering resists phenomenological interpretation and challenges Christian theodicy. Authors studied will include the book of Job, Augustine, Leibniz, Nietzsche, Husserl, Levinas, and P. Levi.
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