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Existential Suffering and Hopeful Theodicy in Esaias Tegnér’s Spleen
Uppsala universitet, Centrum för forskning om religion och samhälle (CRS).ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6313-1209
Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen.
2023 (English)In: Studia Theologica, ISSN 0039-338X, E-ISSN 1502-7791, Vol. 77, no 1, p. 62-76Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Poetry can contribute to theological and philosophical reflection. In this paper, we concentrate our attention on Esaias Tegnér’s poignant depiction of melancholy, or what we call ‘existential suffering’ in his poem Spleen. We argue the poem can be interpreted as showing that the distinction between theoretical and existential problems of suffering is less clear-cut than often presupposed and that theorizing about the meaning of suffering can have a role to play even when people are experiencing great existential suffering and despair. Based on the speaker’s existential struggles in Spleen we also formulate the novel concept of a ‘hopeful theodicy’, a concept we think can be of use more broadly in future research on problems of suffering and theodicy

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Taylor & Francis , 2023. Vol. 77, no 1, p. 62-76
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Religious Studies
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Philosophy of Religion; Systematic Theology and Studies in Worldviews
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-42915DOI: 10.1080/0039338X.2022.2155243OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-42915DiVA, id: diva2:1791472
Available from: 2022-09-29 Created: 2023-08-25 Last updated: 2023-08-25Bibliographically approved

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