Scarred by struggle, transformed by hope
By: Joan D. Chittister
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub.; Ottawa, Ont.; Novalis, Saint Paul University
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
ISBN-13: 9780802812162; 9782895073970; 9780802829740
Subjects: Aspect religieux; Suffering; Église catholique; Souffrance; Espérance; Catholic Church; Hope
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface: Struggle, the Seedbed of Hope -- ix -- 1.; title: A Paradigm of Struggle -- 1 -- 2.; title: The Loss of Certainty: A Suffering of the Soul -- 8 -- 3.; title: Struggle: The Process and the Challenge -- 14 -- 4.; title: The Struggle of Change -- 20 -- 5.; title: The Gift of Conversion -- 24 -- 6.; title: The Struggle of Isolation -- 28 -- 7.; title: The Gift of Independence -- 33 -- 8.; title: The Struggle of Darkness -- 38 -- 9.; title: The Gift of Faith -- 41 -- 10.; title: The Struggle with Fear -- 45 -- 11.; title: The Gift of Courage -- 49 -- 12.; title: The Struggle with Powerlessness -- 53 -- 13.; title: The Gift of Surrender -- 57 -- 14.; title: The Struggle of Vulnerability -- 61 -- 15.; title: The Gift of Limitations -- 66 -- 16.; title: The Struggle of Exhaustion -- 70 -- 17.; title: The Gift of Endurance -- 74 -- 18.; title: The Struggle of Scarring -- 79 -- 19.; title: The Gift of Transformation -- 83 -- 20.; title: Wrestling with God -- 87 -- 21.; title: The Process of Struggle -- 91 -- 22.; title: The Process of Hope -- 97 -- 23.; title: The Gift of Hope -- 104 -- 24.; title: Hope: The Resurrection of the Spirit-- 108.