Dust in the Blood

A Theology of Life with Depression

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

2023 College Theology Society Best Book Award2023 Catholic Media Association Third Place Award, Theology – Morality, Ethics, Christology, Mariology, and Redemption2023 Association of Catholic Publishers Second Place Award, TheologyDust in the Blood considers the harrowing realities of life with depression from a Christian theological perspective. In conversation with popular Christian theologies of depression that justify why this suffering exists and prescribe how people ought to relate to it, Jessica Coblentz offers another Christian approach to this condition: she reflects on depression as a wilderness experience. Weaving first-person narratives of depression, contemporary theologies of suffering, and ancient biblical tales of the wilderness, especially the story of Hagar, Coblentz argues for and contributes to an expansion of Christian ideas about what depression is, how God relates to it, and how Christians should understand and respond to depression in turn.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-01-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:312 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:Liturgical Press
ISBN:9780814685020

Utforska kategorier

Psykisk ohälsa inom Hälsa och familj
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Jessica Coblentz, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Theology at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, where her research and teaching focuses on Catholic systematic theology, feminist theologies, and mental health in theological perspective.

Recensioner i media

"Born from Coblentz's own experience, Dust in the Blood is a loving theological accompaniment of all who live with chronic depression. As a systematic theologian, she expresses this love by offering new insight into the classic theological discussion of suffering and by arguing that those with depression deserve better than silencing or moralizing. Any Christian theologian reflecting on what it means to be human should read this book, as should anybody who lives with depression or ministers to people with depression."Elizabeth Antus, Assistant Professor of the Practice, Boston College

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsPART I Surveying the LandscapeIntroduction Dust in the Blood 3Chapter 1 Depression as Unhomelikeness 17Chapter 2 Popular Christian Theologies of Depression 49Chapter 3 Critiques of Popular Christian Theologies of Depression 73Chapter 4 How (Not) to Talk about Depression 87PART II Sketching New Maps Chapter 5 Depression as a Wilderness Experience: Theological Foundations 115Chapter 6 Depression as an Hagaric Wilderness 141Chapter 7 God and Salvation in the Wilderness of Depression 173Chapter 8 Discipleship alongside Depression Sufferers 199Conclusion A Wilderness Within 219Acknowledgments 227Index 231