RT Article
T1 Suffering and Spirituality in Myanmar Today: Hope amid the National Crisis
JF International journal of public theology
VO 17
IS 2
SP 210
OP 225
A1 Geoffrion, Timothy C.
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2023
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1854249479
AB Myanmar’s citizens have been devastated by the military coup on February 1, 2021, and by the ensuing violence, destruction, and chaos. As the people are struggling to cope with the horror and suffering, Christian faith and spirituality are playing significant roles for Myanmar Christians, albeit in different ways, depending on their personal spiritual preference (temperament) and theological perspective. This article explores the four major psycho-spiritual orientations (temperaments) using a paradigm developed by Dr. Corrine Ware: head spirituality (Type 1), heart spirituality (Type 2), mystical spirituality (Type 3), and social action spirituality (Type 4). In a separate section, ‘Hope amid Suffering’, I discuss how varying theological perspectives are producing at least three different kinds of hope (in terms of content and timing): hope for deliverance now; hope for deliverance later; and hope now and later. In short, Christian faith and spirituality are functioning as indispensable sources of hope amid great suffering.
K1 Christianity
K1 Hope
K1 temperaments
K1 Theology
K1 Coping
K1 Suffering
K1 Faith
K1 Spirituality
DO 10.1163/15697320-20230084