Anfechtung and the Theology of Mental Suffering: Spiritual Trial, the Theology of the Cross, and Christian Speech at the Edge of Despair
This article retrieves the Lutheran category of Anfechtung as a resource for Christian theology at the point where psychological suffering becomes spiritually disorienting. Anfechtung names more than ordinary temptation: in Luther’s usage it can encompass assault, trial, terror, accusation, divine hiddenness, despair, and…
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