@inbook{fab8a5869cab4a808667528830f37fa4,
title = "'Thou art changed to be cruel toward me{\textquoteright} [Job 30.21]: John of the Cross on Job",
abstract = "This chapter argues that new insight can be gained into John{\textquoteright}s thinking on the desolation of desire through a consideration of his engagement with the figure of Job across his corpus. By contrasting John{\textquoteright}s treatment of Job with that in Gregory the Great{\textquoteright}s Moralia in Iob, the chapter aims to highlight ways in which John offers Job to his readers as a spiritual companion, who is at the same time a figure of empathy. Through a reader{\textquoteright}s empathetic engagement with Job, John draws the reader out of him/herself while also drawing attention to the continued importance of human feelings in spiritual ascent, even in the highest stage of mystical union – deification.",
author = "L.A. Nelstrop",
year = "2024",
month = apr,
day = "12",
language = "English",
isbn = " 9781032301020",
series = "Contemporary Theological Explorations in Mysticism",
publisher = "Routledge",
editor = "Edward Howells and Peter Tyler",
booktitle = "John of the Cross",
address = "United Kingdom",
}