Publication

2012 - Cascade Books, Eugene, Or, Oregon

Language

English

Word Count

42,500 words, Guess

Page Count

170 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101620322668
  • ISBN-139781620322666
  • Library of Congress Control Number2012288856
  • OCLC Control Number793385010
  • Better World Books9781620322666
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCRC455.4.R4 C65 2012

Description

In this powerful book on the experience of desolation John Colwell focuses on Psalm 22, read in the light of his own struggle with bi-polar disorder and the Christian belief that God the Son suffered in his humanity, to offer existential-theological reflections on the experience of God-forsakenness. Colwell writes, "My concern in writing this book and in reading this psalm is to reflect on the felt experience of God-forsakenness, my own and that of Christ, in the light of this psalm; to explore the theological and spiritual significance of this felt experience for myself, for Christ, for Christians generally. If this exploration proves to be helpful to me or to others then I am glad, but I am not writing this book to be helpful but rather to be truthful (and perhaps hopeful)."

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Why have you forsaken me?: a personal reflection on the experience of desolationCascade Books2012-01-01

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