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A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows through Loss » (Revised and Expanded Edition)

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Authors: Jerry Sittser
ISBN-13: 9780310258957, ISBN-10: 0310258952
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Zondervan
Date Published: January 2005
Edition: Revised and Expanded Edition

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Author Biography: Jerry Sittser

Jerry Sittser (PhD, University of Chicago) is a professor of religion at Whitworth College. He holds a master of divinity degree from Fuller Theological Seminary and a doctorate in history from the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books, including When God Doesn't Answer Your Prayer and The Will of God as a Way of Life. Gerald L. Sittser es profesor de religion y filosofia en Whitworth College en Spokane, Washington. Ostenta un titulo de maestro en divinidades obtenido en el Seminario Teologico Fuller y un doctorado en historia de la Universidad de Chicago. Es escritor de muchos libros incluyendo. Cuando Dios No Contesta tu Oracion. Y La Voluntad de Dios Como una Salida de la Vida.

Book Synopsis

A revised edition, this book plumbs the depths of our sorrows, whether due to illness, divorce, or the loss of someone we love. In coming to the end of ourselves, we can come to the beginning of a new life. Includes a new preface and epilogue.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Preface
1. The End and the Beginning
2. Whose Loss Is Worse?
3. Darkness Closes In
4. The Silent Scream of Pain
5. Sailing on a Sea of Nothingness
6. The Amputation of the Familiar Self
7. A Sudden Halt to Business As Usual
8. The Terror of Randomness
9. Why Not Me?
10. Forgive and Remember
11. The Absence of God
12. Life Has the Final Word
13. A Community of Brokenness
14. The Cloud of Witnesses
15. Heritage in a Graveyard
Notes

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