30/06/2026 14:30
- 17:30
HALL: Parenzo - A20
Contact:
Legros-Hoffner M.
Chair:
Francisco Méndez Montoya Á.,
Stark G.
Language is exhausted both in the sense of those forms of speech that are tired or worn out by over-use, as well as in the apophatic sense where representation cannot continue, it fails. Any theological or philosophical language regarding suffering reaches its limits when confronted with its concrete applicability. Among the limits of applicability are the challenges of representing different types of precarity, vulnerability, and inequality, while respecting the Other's affective agency. The Other stands before the theologian as other. What relational responsibilities might frame theologian's engagement with the suffering of others? Shaped by these responsibilities, what kind of language should theologians use, if any, in these discourses? The panel will explore how narratives, biblical dialogues, poetry, and other artistic media interrogate their own representational limitations around suffering. We invite theological and philosophical contributions that address the ethical and epistemic limitations of representation, drawing on the insights of trauma studies, critical and literary theory, and the arts.
