Bibliograph

Being well when we're ill, wholeness and hope in spite of infirmity, Marva J. Dawn

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Being well when we're ill, wholeness and hope in spite of infirmity, Marva J. Dawn

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-278)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Being well when we're ill

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

174040142

Responsibility statement

Marva J. Dawn

Sub title

wholeness and hope in spite of infirmity

Table Of Contents

Loss and finds -- Loss of dreams : God's larger story -- A vacuum without God : spiritual practices -- Meaninglessness : looking for grace -- Loss of "innocence" : lament -- Retribution and other bad ideas : biblical theology -- Making God too small : the mysterious love of the Trinity -- Loss of trust, bitterness : God's discipline -- Loneliness : community -- Physical pain : ministry to others -- Unproductivity : the mysterious workings of God -- Worry : gratitude, the peace of God -- Boredom : solitude and the glory of God -- Side effects : strengthening what remains -- Wrong perceptions and expectations : truth-telling -- Regrets : forgiveness -- False guilt : medicine is a stochastic art -- Depression : medical gifts -- Dying : dying daily and well -- Loss of certainty : redemptive suffering, eschatology -- Infirmity and the Trinity's larger story

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