Nicholas Wolterstorff
Born
in Bigelow, Minnesota , The United States
January 21, 1932
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Lament for a Son
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1987
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Reason within the Bounds of Religion
10 editions
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1976
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Justice: Rights and Wrongs
7 editions
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2007
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In This World of Wonders: Memoir of a Life in Learning
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Art in Action: Toward a Christian Aesthetic
7 editions
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1980
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Until Justice and Peace Embrace
6 editions
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1983
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Justice in Love (Emory University Studies in Law and Religion
11 editions
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2011
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Divine Discourse: Philosophical Reflections on the Claim that God Speaks
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1995
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Journey toward Justice: Personal Encounters in the Global South
7 editions
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2013
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Religion in the University
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“And what of regrets? I shall live with them. I shall accept my regrets as part of my life, to be numbered among my self-inflicted wounds. But I will not endlessly gaze at them. I shall allow the memories to prod me into doing better with those still living. And I shall allow them to sharpen the vision and intensify the hope for that Great Day coming when we can all throw ourselves into each other's arms and say, "I'm sorry.”
― Lament for a Son
― Lament for a Son
“But we all suffer. For we all prize and love; and in this present existence of ours, prizing and loving yield suffering. Love in our world is suffering love. Some do not suffer much, though, for they do not love much. Suffering is for the loving. This, said Jesus, is the command of the Holy One: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." In commanding us to love, God invites us to suffer.”
― Lament for a Son
― Lament for a Son
“God is not only the God of the sufferers but the God who suffers. ... It is said of God that no one can behold his face and live. I always thought this meant that no one could see his splendor and live. A friend said perhaps it meant that no one could see his sorrow and live. Or perhaps his sorrow is splendor. ... Instead of explaining our suffering God shares it.”
― Lament for a Son
― Lament for a Son
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