Ways of the Desert: Becoming Holy Through Difficult Times Contributor(s): Koenig, Harold G. (Author), Kraft, William F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0789008602 ISBN-13: 9780789008602 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $40.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2000 Annotation: Interesting and informative, Ways of the Desert shows readers how suffering can foster growth. This book explores how the so-called "negative" experiences like depression, anxiety, loneliness, guilt, and anger can be great opportunities for spiritual growth. With the idea that opposites are necessary and related parts of healthy spiritual development and that positive and negatives are related, Ways of the Desert guides readers through an exciting journey through the deserts and promised lands of adolescence, young adulthood, established adulthood, mid-life adulthood, middle-aged adulthood, and the elderly years that will help readers find joy despite difficult times. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Mental Health - Religion | Comparative Religion - Religion | Inspirational |
Dewey: 291 |
LCCN: 99036498 |
Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.99" W x 8.39" (0.60 lbs) 178 pages |
Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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Publisher Description: Discover how negative experiences such as loneliness, depression, and anxiety can be opportunities for personal growth Ways of the Desert: Becoming Holy Through Difficult Times analyzes the similarities and differences between spiritual and psychological experiences. This book shows religious professionals and others interested in spiritual development how suffering can foster growth. You will explore the so-called "negative" desert experiences--depression, anxiety, loneliness, guilt, and anger--and learn how they can be opportunities for spiritual growth. This book explains why opposites are necessary and related parts of healthy and holy development, and that, especially in a spiritual life, the positive and negative are related. Ways of the Desert will take you on a journey through the "deserts" and "promised lands" of adolescence, adulthood, and the elderly years. In most Western cultures the acceptance of opposites as a necessary and related part of healthy and holy growth is not common, and its rejection can engender spiritual stagnation. Ways of the Desert offers suggestions on creating lifelong spirituality including:
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