In a Dark Wood: Journeys of Faith and Doubt - Softcover

Jones, Linda; Stanes, Sophie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0800636244 ISBN 13: 9780800636241

Publisher: Augsburg Fortress, 2003

Synopsis

Doubt is as natural an experience as faith and what theologian Paul Tillich called an indispensable component of authentic faith. In this book an extraordinary range of writers talks about the moment-often devastating-when they turned to God only to find neither God's presence nor consolation. Where once silence was filled with peace, now that silence signals only emptiness. In a Dark Wood features a diverse group of voices describing unlikely and often moving journeys toward or away from faith-Protestants, Catholics, and Jews; laypeople and religious professionals; activists, poets, politicians, and ordinary people. In addition, dozens of readings, poems, and prayers reflect on belief and doubt, on the loss of faith and its rediscovery, from the Psalmists, medieval saints, and such luminaries as W. B. Yeats and T. S. Eliot, James Baldwin and Joseph Heller, Maya Angelou and Isabel Allende, Henri Nouwen and Walter Brueggemann, Nelson Mandela and Daniel Berrigan.

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Review:

"Whatever the reason for your doubts or loss of faith, we hope you will find something here that helps you realize you are not alone. And you will also find here stories of the journeys people have made back to faith, once or many times. The phoenix of hope can rise from the ashes of abandonment."

About this edition

• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0800636244
• ISBN 13: 9780800636241
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Jones Linda, Stanes Sophie