{"product_id":"the-beatitudes-after-betrayal-g-c-smith-9798385282630","title":"The Beatitudes After Betrayal: Jesus, Moral Injury, and the Blessings That Come After Things Go Wrong","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Beatitudes After Betrayal\u003c\/i\u003e reclaims Jesus' most familiar words for those who have been wounded by the very places where they expected goodness, justice, or faithfulness. In a world marked by moral injury--where trust is broken, institutions fail, and people are left carrying the weight of what should never have happened--traditional readings of the Beatitudes can feel distant or even hollow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book argues that the Beatitudes are not gentle ideals for the spiritually comfortable but hard-won blessings spoken directly into the lives of the betrayed, the disillusioned, and the morally wounded. Each \"blessing\" becomes a lens through which to understand grief, anger, loss of trust, and the struggle to remain human in the aftermath of rupture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The purpose of this book is to offer a theological and pastoral framework for those navigating moral injury, helping readers name their experience without minimizing it. Its central claim is that Jesus' words do not bypass suffering--they meet people within it, offering not easy answers but a way to endure, to resist despair, and, ultimately, to live with integrity again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e G. C. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798385282630\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Resource Publications (CA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.49d","brand":"G. C. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48874725310719,"sku":"9798385282630","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-beatitudes-after-betrayal-g-c-smith-9798385282630","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}