A New Way of Walking with God, Second Edition
Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Gewicht: 522 g
ISBN: 978-0-7890-0627-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc
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Contents Preface Introduction to the Second Edition Chapter 1. The Grief Dynamic Grief’s Pain and Its Defenses The Process of Grieving Grief and Meaning Grief in Later Life Loss Is Subjective Chapter 2. Spiritual Health and Grief Making Gods Temporary Gods Gods You Can Touch False Promises A Cadre of Slaves God Seeks After Us Idolatry and Abnormal Grief Spiritual Health in Later Life Chapter 3. The Loss of Youth The Changes of the Body Marker Events The Changing Career Loss of Dreams Eschatology and Loss Society’s Pervasive Influence Finding Positive Meanings for “Old” Embracing the Present Chapter 4. The Loss of Family A Complexity of Emotions The Process Character of This Loss Ambivalent Feelings The Wounded Parents Variations on the Theme The Physiological Component The Passage to the Empty Nest From Children to Friends New Possibilities for Caring Chapter 5. The Loss of Parents The Aging Parent Aging Brings Changes The Slow Death The Ignored Grief Guilt in Grief Baggage from the Past Can’t Go Home Again New Identity, New Life Stage Chapter 6. The Loss of Work The Changing Face of Retirement Retirement and the Meaning of Work The Loss of Status Loss of Friends Retirement and the Idolization of Work Doing and Being Theology of Work and Play New Challenge: A Ritual for Retirement Chapter 7. The Loss of Spouse The Multifaceted Loss Feminization of Death The Unexpected Loss Loss by Divorce Loneliness Learning to Reach Out Learning Self-Sufficiency Avoid Making Idols Changing Identities Letting Go, Again Chapter 8. The Loss of Health The First Experience of This Loss Changing Our Assumptions About Life Responses to the Loss of Health Health and Salvation The Loss of Major Body Functions Chronic Health Problems Transcending the Body The Value of Being Handicapped Chapter 9. The Loss of Independence Loss of Home Residential Changes As a Function of Independence Loss of Mobility Clinging to Lost Independence Loss of Financial Security Loss of Control A Culture of Independence Letting Go, to Receive The Value of Surrender Chapter 10. Faith and Successful Aging The Final Loss Avoiding Pain Learning to Suffer Well Faith As the Trust Faith Is Letting Go Idolatry and Avoiding Grief Successful Aging Faith and Aging Well Notes Selected Bibliography Index Reference Notes Included