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Hoping for More
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i.d.R. innert 7-14 Tagen versandfertig |
Veröffentlichung: |
Mai 2012
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Genre: |
Religion |
ISBN: |
9781610979818 |
EAN-Code:
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9781610979818 |
Verlag: |
Cascade Books |
Einband: |
Kartoniert |
Sprache: |
English
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Dimensionen: |
H 216 mm / B 140 mm / D 9 mm |
Gewicht: |
220 gr |
Seiten: |
168 |
Zus. Info: |
Paperback |
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Inhalt: |
""We tend to use words like miracle and mystery in the context of serendipity. In this frank and eloquent account of life transformed by cancer, Deanna Thompson explores these articles of faith as they are also wont to appear--on the hard edges of hope and the dark side of joy."" --Krista Tippett, from the Foreword
Hoping for More is a story of a young religion professor with a stage IV cancer diagnosis and a lousy prognosis for the future. Amid the grief and the grace of her fractured life, this theologian--who is also a wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend--searches for words adequate to express her faltering faith. More Anne Lamott meets Harold Kushner than the teller of a pious, God-saved-me-from-cancer tale, Thompson unpacks the messy realities that arise when faith and suffering collide. Told in shimmering prose, Hoping for More takes readers on an unsentimental journey through the valley of the shadow of cancer--beyond the predictable parameters of prayer, the church, even belief in life after death. What emerges is a novel approach to talking faith and accepting grace when hope is all you've got. |
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