| Description |
xiv, 111 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Preface: Struggle, the Seedbed of Hope ix -- 1. A Paradigm of Struggle 1 -- 2. The Loss of Certainty: A Suffering of the Soul 8 -- 3. Struggle: The Process and the Challenge 14 -- 4. The Struggle of Change 20 -- 5. The Gift of Conversion 24 -- 6. The Struggle of Isolation 28 -- 7. The Gift of Independence 33 -- 8. The Struggle of Darkness 38 -- 9. The Gift of Faith 41 -- 10. The Struggle with Fear 45 -- 11. The Gift of Courage 49 -- 12. The Struggle with Powerlessness 53 -- 13. The Gift of Surrender 57 -- 14. The Struggle of Vulnerability 61 -- 15. The Gift of Limitations 66 -- 16. The Struggle of Exhaustion 70 -- 17. The Gift of Endurance 74 -- 18. The Struggle of Scarring 79 -- 19. The Gift of Transformation 83 -- 20. Wrestling with God 87 -- 21. The Process of Struggle 91 -- 22. The Process of Hope 97 -- 23. The Gift of Hope 104 -- 24. Hope: The Resurrection of the Spirit 108 |
| Summary |
"Everyone goes through times of pain and sorrow, depression and darkness, stress and suffering. It is in the necessary struggles of life, however, that we stretch our souls and gain new insights enabling us to go on. Building on the biblical story of Jacob wrestling with God and on the story of her own battle with life-changing disappointment, Sister Joan Chittister deftly explores the landscape of suffering and hope, considering along the way such wide-ranging topics as consumerism, technology, grief, the role of women in the Catholic Church, and the events of September 11, 2001. We struggle, she says, against change, isolation, darkness, fear, powerlessness, vulnerability, exhaustion, and scarring; and while these struggles sometimes seem insurmountable, we can emerge from them with the gifts of conversion, detachment, faith, courage, surrender, limitations, endurance, transformation, and (perhaps most important) hope. Each of these struggles and gifts is discussed in a chapter of its own." "Meant to help readers cope with their own suffering and disappointment, Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope is, in Chittister's words, "an anatomy of struggle and an account of the way hope grows in us, despite our moments of darkness, regardless of our regular bouts of depression. It is an invitation to look again at the struggles of life in order that we might remember how to recognize new life in our souls the next time our hearts turn again to clay."" "Neither a self-help manual nor a book offering pat answers, but supremely practical and relevant, Chittister's Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope will richly reward those readers seeking solace in the empathic, wise, and accessible meditations of a fellow struggler. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Bible. Old Testament Genesis XXXII, 22-32 - Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Hope - Religious aspects - Christianity |
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Hope - Religious aspects - Catholic Church |
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Suffering - Religious aspects - Catholic Church |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP.... Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Despair.
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Hope -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
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Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
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| LC no. |
2003040777 |
| ISBN |
0802812163 |
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289507397X |
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