Susan R. Pitchford

God in the Dark

Suffering and Desire in the Spiritual Life

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Contemporary Christianity is afflicted with two problems: First, our spiritual life is often bland and lukewarm. Distracted and fragmented by our lives, and malnourished on conventional piety, we feel out of touch with the God described in the Bible as a consuming fire. Second, we don't know how to make sense of suffering, especially the pain of spiritual darkness and aridity. The answer to both of these problems is passion.In God in the Dark, Susan Pitchford explores the two faces of passion:desire, the mutual attraction between the soul and God; and suffering, especially our confusion and grief when we find ourselves in dark places. We ofte… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-8146-3942-9
EAN: 9780814639429
Produktnummer: 20503862
Verlag: Liturgical Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 146 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 1'915 KB

Über den Autor

Susan Pitchford is a senior lecturer in sociology at the University of Washington and a professed member of the Third Order, Society of St. Francis. She is the author of God in the Dark: Suffering and Desire in the Spiritual Life (Liturgical Press) and Following Francis: The Franciscan Way for Everyone. Susan lives in Seattle with her husband, Bob Crutchfield.