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Created for Joy: A Christian View of Suffering - Softcover

Callahan, Sidney

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Synopsis

In the face of suffering, is it possible to believe in God? In this heartfelt and thoughtful new book, revered Catholic columnist Sidney Callahan answers yes, offering a reflection on suffering from a Christian perspective. Taking on C.S. Lewis and other traditional writers, she introduces the reader to new insights from fields such as the psychology of human emotion and evolutionary biology. Drawing from her own harrowing experience of a mother’s loss, she shows that Christians view suffering in a different way, with the expectation—in the face of all evidence to the contrary—that we are created to experience joy. Topics include Sept. 11, traditional justifications, a new story of God and creation, Jesus—man of sorrows, suffering and joy in Christian practice, the emotions, prayer, and transformation.

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About the Author

Sidney Callahan, Ph.D. is a psychologist and award-winning author of many books on spirituality and psychology, including the Christopher Award-winning With All Our Hearts and Minds: The Spiritual Works of Mercy in a Psychological Age. Presently she is a Distinguished Scholar at The Hastings Center. She lives in Hastings-on-the-Hudson, New York.

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