Suffering, Death, and Identity
Title | Suffering, Death, and Identity PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 2021-11-08 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9004495762 |
This book explores many of the issues that arise when we consider persons who are in pain, who are suffering, and who are nearing the end of life. Suffering provokes us into a journey toward discovering who we are and forces us to rethink many of the views we hold about ourselves.
This Republic of Suffering
Title | This Republic of Suffering PDF eBook |
Author | Drew Gilpin Faust |
Publisher | Vintage |
Pages | 385 |
Release | 2009-01-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0375703837 |
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • An "extraordinary ... profoundly moving" history (The New York Times Book Review) of the American Civil War that reveals the ways that death on such a scale changed not only individual lives but the life of the nation. An estiated 750,000 soldiers lost their lives in the American Civil War. An equivalent proportion of today's population would be seven and a half million. In This Republic of Suffering, Drew Gilpin Faust describes how the survivors managed on a practical level and how a deeply religious culture struggled to reconcile the unprecedented carnage with its belief in a benevolent God. Throughout, the voices of soldiers and their families, of statesmen, generals, preachers, poets, surgeons, nurses, northerners and southerners come together to give us a vivid understanding of the Civil War's most fundamental and widely shared reality. With a new introduction by the author, and a new foreword by Mike Mullen, 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Rejoicing in Lament
Title | Rejoicing in Lament PDF eBook |
Author | J. Todd Billings |
Publisher | Brazos Press |
Pages | 245 |
Release | 2015-02-10 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1441222901 |
At the age of thirty-nine, Christian theologian Todd Billings was diagnosed with a rare form of incurable cancer. In the wake of that diagnosis, he began grappling with the hard theological questions we face in the midst of crisis: Why me? Why now? Where is God in all of this? This eloquently written book shares Billings's journey, struggle, and reflections on providence, lament, and life in Christ in light of his illness, moving beyond pat answers toward hope in God's promises. Theologically robust yet eminently practical, it engages the open questions, areas of mystery, and times of disorientation in the Christian life. Billings offers concrete examples through autobiography, cultural commentary, and stories from others, showing how our human stories of joy and grief can be incorporated into the larger biblical story of God's saving work in Christ.
death and identity
Title | death and identity PDF eBook |
Author | robert fulton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 432 |
Release | 1966 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Suffering Well and Suffering With
Title | Suffering Well and Suffering With PDF eBook |
Author | Aimee Patterson |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2023-09-12 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1666765473 |
We live in a society that has little tolerance for suffering. Suffering is not only unpleasant. Profound, innocent suffering can upend our sense of identity. Yet, we push suffering people to the periphery to avoid an uncomfortable truth: We are all subject to suffering. In a time when Christian churches suffer the loss of authority, influence, and membership, Patterson challenges the idea that we need such power to live on earth as in heaven. Only God can transform suffering into joy. Drawing on her experience with cancer, Patterson claims Christians hold certain responsibilities while we wait for this transformation. Revisiting the story of Job, she confronts the problem of suffering and what it takes to suffer well. This sets the scene for what a fleshy, wounded Jesus Christ calls us to do: use suffering to build compassionate relationships with others who suffer.
On the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering
Title | On the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering PDF eBook |
Author | Pope John Paul II |
Publisher | |
Pages | 107 |
Release | 2014-01-01 |
Genre | Suffering |
ISBN | 9780819854582 |
Published on February 11, 1984, Salvifici Doloris addresses the question of why God allows suffering. This 30th anniversary edition includes the complete text of the letter plus commentary by Myles N. Sheehan, SJ, MD, a priest and physician trained in geriatrics with an expertise in palliative care. Acknowledgments of recent episodes of violence bring the papal document into a modern context. Insightful questions suited for individual or group use, applicable prayers, and ideas for meaningful action invite readers to personally respond to the mystery of suffering.
Beyond the Body
Title | Beyond the Body PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Hallam |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 9780415182928 |
The authors challenge theories that put the body at the centre of identity, going 'beyond the body' to highlight the persistence of self-identity even when the body itself has been disposed of or is missing.