Choosing Life after Tragedy
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Choosing Life after Tragedy

An Experience-Based Theological Journey

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Choosing Life after Tragedy

An Experience-Based Theological Journey

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About This Book

A wave of disease and death in his immediate family led Rabbi Anson Laytner to question much of what he had learned about the meaning of suffering, the value of petitionary prayer, and the role of God in human life. As he struggled to deal with his grief and doubts, he gradually found a way forward. His spiritual healing process took him from intense grief to a renewed appreciation of life--and resulted in this book, a work of creative theology some eighteen years in the making.Choosing Life After Tragedy is written for people who struggle with the subjects of suffering, divine providence, God, and prayer; people who are looking for honest, thoughtful, provocative--and occasionally humorous--theological reflections, but no easy answers. Laytner intersperses his penetrating theological reflections with pertinent episodes from his life because, for him, theology is personal and experience-based. Trained as a liberal rabbi, Laytner riffs on Jewish themes to offer a universal message of hope in the face of suffering and loss, and of mutual support based on humanity's various teachings of lovingkindness. This book will challenge you; it will sometimes amuse you; but you will not remain unmoved.

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Publisher
Resource Publications
Year
2023
ISBN
9781666770506
Topic
Teología y religión
Subtopic
Religión

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Chapter 1: In the Beginning
  4. Chapter 2: I Experience “God”
  5. Chapter 3: China, Israel, America
  6. Chapter 4: Wave After Wave: Tragedy Strikes My Family
  7. Chapter 5: Trying to Make Sense of Suffering
  8. Chapter 6: The Awe-fullness of God Strikes Me Down
  9. Chapter 7: My Problem with Petitionary Prayer
  10. Chapter 8: The One Time I Offered a Personal Prayer of Protest
  11. Chapter 9: A Voice from the Dead Changes My Life Direction
  12. Chapter 10: What I Learned from the Chinese Jews
  13. Chapter 11: Letting Go of “God” to Find God
  14. Chapter 12: Unraveling Revelation
  15. Chapter 13: Two Experiences of Compassion
  16. Chapter 14: Life is Good; Life is Growth
  17. Chapter 15: And in the End
  18. Chapter 16: A Personal Epilogue
  19. Bibliography