Evil and Meaningful Existence:A Humanistic Response through the Lens of Classical Theism by Bonaventure B. Gubazire

“…This study modestly proposes a humanistic response as supplementary to classical theism in addressing concrete cases of gratuitous human suffering. Classical theism places evil in God’s divine plan of salvation for humanity. …”
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Problem cierpienia w Autobiografii mistycznej Anny Marii Marchockiej by Lidia Sokół

“…The Problem of human suffering in “Autobiografia mistyczna” (“Mystical autobiography”) of Carmelite Anna Maria Marchocka Summary The paper presents a few aspects of human suffering based on the example of mystical experiences of a Carmelite nun, Anna Maria Marchocka. …”
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Logotherapy: Learnings from the past and relevance in the COVID-19 pandemic by Lipika Malik, Hitesh Khurana

“…As the pandemic affected the whole world, many intellectuals described these experiences as stressful as during wartime. Human suffering and uncertainty about recovery or falling victim had been quite similar in both situations. …”
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Theodicy, Undeserved Suffering, and Compassionate Solidarity: An Interdisciplinary Reading of Hwang Sok-Yong’s <i>The Guest</i> by Young Hoon Kim

“…The paper concludes that the immensity of today’s human suffering asks for that compassionate solidarity with the crucified today which can generate hope in the contemporary milieu.…”
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Dehumanized Victims: Analogies and Animal Avatars for Palestinian Suffering in Waltz with Bashir and “War Rabbit” by Rachel Kunert-Graf

“…In this way, the use of animals to represent human suffering universalizes experiences for which difference matters. …”
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Varieties of suffering in the clinical setting: re-envisioning mental health beyond the medical model by Paul T. P. Wong, Don Laird

“…Given the universality and complexity of human suffering, it is natural for people to wrestle with existential questions such as “Why struggle when all life end in death?” …”
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Community Work as Opposition by Christian Franklin Svensson, Vibeke Bak Nielsen

“… A number of tensions pertaining to social problems and human suffering become apparent when analysing community work in a Danish welfare setting. …”
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Teodise dan Covid-19 by Mateus Mali

“…The Covid-19 pandemic has created human’s suffering. Human suffering itself has evoked many questions about God's omniscience and omnipotence, which are often known as theodicy problem. …”
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Shelter provision and state sovereignty in Calais by Michael Boyle

“…Government provision of shelter for Calais’ migrant population over the last twenty years has prioritised the assertion of state authority over the alleviation of human suffering. Policies in 2015-16, which involved the destruction of informal shelter and the provision of basic alternative accommodation, continued this trend.…”
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The War in Ukraine and Academic Challenges by Øyvind Ravna

“…Russia’s military invasion of and war against Ukraine has caused enormous human suffering and material destruction. The situation also raises a number of academic and scholarly issues. …”
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Virtuous suffering and the predicament of being handicapped. Towards a theology of the ‘disabled God puffing in a wheelchair’ by Daniel J. Louw

“…The reality of disablement, being handicapped and physical disfigurement, opens up anew the theological debate regarding God-images in human suffering. It is argued that the Hellenistic understanding of the power of God, God as a pantokrator [Almighty], presupposes the immutability of an apathetic God. …”
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Biomedical Research, Neglected Diseases, and Well-Ordered Science by Julian Reiss, Philip Kitcher

“…In this paper we make a proposal for reforming biomedical research that is aimed to align re-search more closely with the so-called fair-share principle according to which the proportions of global resources as-signed to different diseases should agree with the ratios of human suffering associated with those diseases.…”
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Response of tall buildings to long-distance earthquakes by Zheng, Ru Mei.

“…Earthquakes are a potential threat with serious economic losses and human suffering. News reports of ground tremors in Singapore caused by Sumatra earthquakes at distance have become more frequent in recent years. …”
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Refugees in Cities: The Politics of Knowledge by Ellen Lammers

“…The phenomenon of forced migration challenges its researchers to tackle complex questions about the limits of gathering knowledge in the face of political interests and human suffering. However, explicit critical reflection on the politics of knowledge inherent in individual refugee research has been very scant. …”
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Shelter provision and state sovereignty in Calais by Boyle, M

“…Government provision of shelter for Calais’ migrant population over the last twenty years has prioritised the assertion of state authority over the alleviation of human suffering. Policies in 2015-16, which involved the destruction of informal shelter and the provision of basic alternative accommodation, continued this trend.…”

Cost of corrosion by Kamis, Azmi

“…It is not only financially damaging to the economies, but also wasting our limited natural resources, damaging the environment and causing a great deal of human suffering. The understanding of corrosion with correct engineering application could greatly reduce the damaging effects and cost of corrosion. …”
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Power, politics and privilege: public health at the Thai-Burma border by Nikhil A Patel, Amos B Licthman, Mohit M Nair, Parveen K Parmar

“…Participants in a field-research methods course on refugee health at the Thai-Burma border learned that beyond the biological vectors and disease processes that contribute to human suffering, power, politics and privilege play central roles in negatively affecting refugee health.…”
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Power, politics and privilege: public health at the Thai-Burma border by Patel, N, Licthman, A, Nair, M, Parmar, P

“…Participants in a field-research methods course on refugee health at the Thai-Burma border learned that beyond the biological vectors and disease processes that contribute to human suffering, power, politics and privilege play central roles in negatively affecting refugee health.…”

Clinical risk modification, quality, and patient safety: interrelationships, problems, and future potential. by Vincent, C, Knox, E

“…Iatrogenic injury, in which patients are unintentionally injured by medical treatment, occurs in 4% of hospital admissions and causes considerable human suffering, financial losses, and waste of healthcare resources. …”

Defining severe risks related to mobility from climate change by Elisabeth A. Gilmore, David Wrathall, Helen Adams, Halvard Buhaug, Edwin Castellanos, Nathalie Hilmi, Robert McLeman, Chandni Singh, Ibidun Adelekan

“…This paper asserts a central concern around human suffering to recentre scenario discourse on where, and how, adaptation, changes to development patterns, and government policies can reduce this suffering. …”
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