Suffering Well and Suffering With by Patterson, Aimee

Suffering Well and Suffering With (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781666765458)

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Suffering Well and Suffering With by Patterson, Aimee

Suffering Well and Suffering With

$22.00
Suffering Well and Suffering With by Patterson, Aimee

Suffering Well and Suffering With

$22.00
Format: Paperback
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We live in a society that has little tolerance for suffering. Suffering is not only unpleasant. Profound, innocent suffering can upend our sense of identity. Yet, we push suffering people to the periphery to avoid an uncomfortable truth: We are all subject to suffering. In a time when Christian churches suffer the loss of authority, influence, and membership, Patterson challenges the idea that we need such power to live on earth as in heaven. Only God can transform suffering into joy. Drawing on her experience with cancer, Patterson claims Christians hold certain responsibilities while we wait for this transformation. Revisiting the story of Job, she confronts the problem of suffering and what it takes to suffer well. This sets the scene for what a fleshy, wounded Jesus Christ calls us to do: use suffering to build compassionate relationships with others who suffer.

Author: Aimee Patterson
ISBN-10: 1666765457
ISBN-13: 9781666765458
Publisher: Cascade Books
Language: English
Published: 09/12/2023
Pages: 154
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d
By Aimee Patterson
By Aimee Patterson
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Aimee Patterson is a Christian ethicist at The Salvation Army Ethics Centre and adjunct faculty at Booth University College. Patterson holds a PhD in religious ethics from McGill University and wrote her dissertation on the ethics of care at the end of life. She is a repeat award winner with the Canadian Christian Communicators Association. This book is an outcome of Patterson's personal experiences with suffering and compassion.

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