Loneliness and lament
Subtitle: a journey to receptivity
By: Patricia Joy Huntington.
Series: Indiana series in the philosophy of religion
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780253352989; 9780253220677
Subjects: Life; Loneliness; Women -- Psychology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: A wayfarer's song; title: Part I: Life is song : the quest for music and meaning; title: Fitful dreams; title: Life and the fight for word; title: Primitive aloneness : our true home; title: Receptivity and the quest for meaning-filled living; title: Loneliness and deliverance; title: Part II: Lamentation and woe : the quest for the mother; title: Shadows of sorrow-filled lamentation; title: Ode to the cup of bitterness; title: Pain and bearing; title: Lamentation and sorrow; title: Tears for want of comforting protection; title: Loneliness whom I must befriend; title: Where joy and sorrow meet; title: Part III: Intimacy and bearing : the quest for the Father; title: Life's masculine character; title: For what are we set up?; title: Soft words for mother; title: For what divine operation are we set up?; title: Journey to the land where heart grows; title: Pain and intimacy : the pause in bearing; title: One step ... along the way; title: A resonant chorus.