Biblical and Theological Visions of Resilience: Pastoral and Clinical Insights

ISBN-13: 9780367029111 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 240 str.

Christopher C. H. Cook; Nathan H. White

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This book seeks to remedy this deficiency through a breadth of reflection upon human resilience from canonical biblical and Christian theological sources.

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Foreword- John Swinton; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; 1 Introduction- Nathan H. White and Christopher C.H. Cook; Section 1: Biblical Visions of Resilience; 2 ‘To Do You Good in the End’: The Wilderness Experience in Israel’s Communal Memory (Deuteronomy 8)-Noel Forlini Burt; 3 Singing Stories Together: Relationship and Storytelling as Resources for Resilience in the Book of Psalms-Rebecca W. Poe Hays; 4 Struck Down but Not Destroyed: Images of Resilience from the Book of Jeremiah-Jonathan D. Bentall; 5 Traumatic Speech and the Rejection of Narrative in Lamentations- David Janzen; 6 Abide in Me: A Johannine Theology of Resilience- Andrew Byers; 7 Complements to the Notion of Human Resilience: Paul’s First Letter to the Thessalonians as a Test Case- Steven J. Kraftchick; 8 Resilience in 1 Peter: Faithfulness and Hope in the Face of Adversity-Katherine M. Hockey; Section 2: Theological Visions of Resilience; 9 Resilience and Music in the Early Church-Carol Harrison; 10 Virtue and Resilience: Aquinas’s Christian Approach to Virtue Applied to Resilience- Craig Steven Titus; 11 The Certainty of God’s Promises: Martin Luther’s Pastoral Use of the Gospel-Carl L. Beckwith; 12 ‘The Science of the Cross’: Edith Stein and Resilience- Peter Tyler; 13 Resilient unto Death: Resilience through the Lens of Dietrich Bonhoeffer- Jennifer Moberly; 14 ‘A Simple and Warm Common Humanity’: Self-Transcendence and Restless Resilience in Jürgen Moltmann’s Theology- Adam J. Powell; Section 3: Practical Visions of Resilience; 15 Clinical Applications of Resilience- Joanna Collicutt; 16 Pastoral Reflections on Resilience- Page Brooks; 17 Concluding Reflections: Transforming Resilience- Christopher C.H. Cook and Nathan H. White  

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Christopher C. H. Cook is Professor of Spirituality, Theology & Health in the Department of Theology & Religion at Durham University, an Honorary Minor Canon at Durham Cathedral, and an Honorary Chaplain with Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV).

Nathan H. White is Director of the Institute for Faith and Resilience and a chaplain for the US Army.