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Glimpsing resurrection : cancer, trauma, and ministry / Deanna A. Thompson; foreword by Willie James Jennings.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: xviii, 189 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780664262761
  • 0664262767
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 248.8/6196994 23
LOC classification:
  • BV4910.33 .T4595 2018
Contents:
Undone by cancer -- Living with trauma brought on by illness -- Trauma, illness, and the Christian story -- Church for the undone -- Not-yet-resurrection hope.
Summary: In Glimpsing Resurrection, Deanna A. Thompson combines recent trauma research with compelling first-person narrative to provide insight into the traumatic dimensions of living with a serious illness. Her aim is to help those who are ill and those who care for and minister to them deepen their understanding of how best to offer support. "The tendency for Christians to move almost immediately from death to proclamations of new life risks alienating those for whom healing and new life seem out of reach," says Thompson. Glimpsing Resurrection focuses less on the "why" to help readers instead come to terms with the "how" of living with a serious disease. In particular, Thompson provides a framework and concrete suggestions for how to be a church where those who are undone by illness can be undone, as well as a place that can love and support them to hope. - from publisher.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Print book for loan Lineberger Memorial Library Southern Circulating Collection (Main & Upper Levels) BV4910.33 .T4595 2018 Available 35898001729181
Print book for loan Wentz Memorial Branch Gettysburg General Collection (Lower Level) BV4910.33 .T4595 2018 Available 31826003535250

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Undone by cancer -- Living with trauma brought on by illness -- Trauma, illness, and the Christian story -- Church for the undone -- Not-yet-resurrection hope.

In Glimpsing Resurrection, Deanna A. Thompson combines recent trauma research with compelling first-person narrative to provide insight into the traumatic dimensions of living with a serious illness. Her aim is to help those who are ill and those who care for and minister to them deepen their understanding of how best to offer support. "The tendency for Christians to move almost immediately from death to proclamations of new life risks alienating those for whom healing and new life seem out of reach," says Thompson. Glimpsing Resurrection focuses less on the "why" to help readers instead come to terms with the "how" of living with a serious disease. In particular, Thompson provides a framework and concrete suggestions for how to be a church where those who are undone by illness can be undone, as well as a place that can love and support them to hope. - from publisher.

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