Befreiende Gegen-Erfahrungen

‘Liberating counter-experiences’: to what does that phrase refer and what is its immediate relevance? Where might it take our thoughts? There are experiences with which, for whatever reason, people cannot come to terms; they challenge us to ask: What, in such difficult, even threatening, experiences, might enable us to find something both illuminating and liberating? What could open up counter-experiences which would point in the opposite direction? Voices from literature and music, as well as from theology and history, can lead to resources from which nevertheless a sense of our common humanity, as well as hope and courage, can be drawn. The contributions in this book can lead the reader`s reflections in many different fruitful directions.