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Work #862 · Late

On Job

Gustavo Gutiérrez
1987 (Spanish Hablar de Dios desde el sufrimiento del inocente); 1987 (English) · Spanish
Theological-exegetical treatise · Late-twentieth-century Latin American liberation theology

Gutiérrez's 1987 liberation-theological reading of Job — speaking of God from the suffering of the innocent

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Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.

Attribute On Job (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Theistic
Observer · Moral Authority Scripture
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

On Job

The temporal duration of suffering.

Space

On Job

The ash-heap of Job and the favelas of Latin America.

Matter

On Job

The suffering body of the innocent.

Observer

On Job

The liberation-theologian reading from below.

Energy

On Job

Energies of lament and protest.

Information

On Job

The biblical wisdom text re-read in liberation key.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

On Job

Gutiérrez's On Job: foundational for late-twentieth-century liberation theology; central reference for the modern theology of suffering.