Faith at the Edge: A Book for Doubters - Softcover

Wennberg, Robert N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802864732 ISBN 13: 9780802864734

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2009

Synopsis

Have you ever doubted your faith? Have you ever, deep down in your heart, doubted that God was really present in your life? Or wondered whether everything you believed in as a Christian was false? / Call it existential doubt. Call it “the dark night of the soul,” as one Christian saint famously did. Whatever you call it, it’s real. It is personal, it is painful, it is distressing, and it can last for years ― maybe even a lifetime. / You are not alone. Such crises of the soul have come upon saints throughout Christian history ― from John of the Cross in the sixteenth century to Mother Teresa in our own time. In fact, there may be something of this God-doubting in all of us. At some point in our Christian walk, most of us have traveled ― or will travel ― this dark path. / In Faith at the Edge Robert Wennberg draws from his own experience with doubt to address such troubling issues. But he also calls upon the wisdom and insight of such figures as Blaise Pascal, G. K. Chesterton, Simone Weil, C. S. Lewis, and Martin Marty. Laying out a theologically insightful account of what happens during doubt, Wennberg helps us understand how we can cope with these dark episodes and even profit from them spiritually.

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About the Author

Robert N. Wennberg (1935–2010) taught philosophy for thirty-seven years at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California. At Westmont, he was honored as Teacher of the Year five times (1973, 1982, 1989, 1995, and 2002). He wrote and lectured on a variety of moral and ethical issues, including abortion, suicide, and euthanasia.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802864732
• ISBN 13: 9780802864734
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 182