Inspired by Alain de Botton's best-selling Consolations of Philosophy, this volume shows how theology can be of practical value to every believer. Brian Rosner and other practical theologians present a blend of compelling blend of biography and theology that profoundly addresses the perennial human problems of anger, obsession, despair, anxiety, disappointment, and pain.Prologue: on consolation / Gwenfair Walters Adams -- Lactantius on anger / Richard Gibson -- Augustine on obsession / Andrew Cameron -- Luther on despair / Mark D. Thompson -- Kierkegaard on anxiety / Peter G. Bolt -- Bonhoeffer on disappointment / Brian S. Rosner -- C.S. Lewis on pain / Robert Banks.160 page(s
Not quite twenty-five years ago, theologian Ronald Goetz surveyed the landscape of late twentieth-ce...
grantor: University of St. Michael's CollegeSuffering is a formative factor in the develop...
Chapter 1 A survey of some present work being conducted in this country on contemporary religious ex...
This dissertation explores theologies of suffering through engagement with five theologians from acr...
Theology is about God and Creation, or more precisely perhaps about our ideas of them, how they are ...
In his essay 'True and False Anguish', Paul Ricoeur describes five levels of anguish: fear of death;...
Suffering. Salvation’s conduit. People are often reluctant to talk about suffering, unable to find w...
This thesis aims to construct a theological understanding of hopelessness, as well as to explore wha...
In this thesis, I will proceed by the examination of exemplary texts in the western Christian unders...
The symptoms of depression and those of accidie as described by the Desert Fathers overlap, in that ...
REQUIRED TEXTS: Frank Lake, Clinical Theology (See www.emethpress.com, 2005 reprint). Frank Lake off...
Why do the theologians rage? Even a cursory scrolling of social media may lead you to the conclusion...
The problem of suffering is a multifaceted one. It has moral, physical, philosophical, psychological...
Some people view theology books, especially systematic theologies, as an alternative to sleeping pil...
In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay\u27s first paragraph. “Consider it pure joy whenever you ...
Not quite twenty-five years ago, theologian Ronald Goetz surveyed the landscape of late twentieth-ce...
grantor: University of St. Michael's CollegeSuffering is a formative factor in the develop...
Chapter 1 A survey of some present work being conducted in this country on contemporary religious ex...
This dissertation explores theologies of suffering through engagement with five theologians from acr...
Theology is about God and Creation, or more precisely perhaps about our ideas of them, how they are ...
In his essay 'True and False Anguish', Paul Ricoeur describes five levels of anguish: fear of death;...
Suffering. Salvation’s conduit. People are often reluctant to talk about suffering, unable to find w...
This thesis aims to construct a theological understanding of hopelessness, as well as to explore wha...
In this thesis, I will proceed by the examination of exemplary texts in the western Christian unders...
The symptoms of depression and those of accidie as described by the Desert Fathers overlap, in that ...
REQUIRED TEXTS: Frank Lake, Clinical Theology (See www.emethpress.com, 2005 reprint). Frank Lake off...
Why do the theologians rage? Even a cursory scrolling of social media may lead you to the conclusion...
The problem of suffering is a multifaceted one. It has moral, physical, philosophical, psychological...
Some people view theology books, especially systematic theologies, as an alternative to sleeping pil...
In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay\u27s first paragraph. “Consider it pure joy whenever you ...
Not quite twenty-five years ago, theologian Ronald Goetz surveyed the landscape of late twentieth-ce...
grantor: University of St. Michael's CollegeSuffering is a formative factor in the develop...
Chapter 1 A survey of some present work being conducted in this country on contemporary religious ex...