Grieving a Suicide: A Loved One's Search for Comfort, Answers & Hope

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InterVarsity Press, 2002. gada 11. jūn. - 180 lappuses
A 2003 Finalist in the United Kingdom Christian Book Awards! Every seventeen minutes, someone in the United States dies by suicide. It is one of the most serious public health crises of modern times, claiming over one million lives worldwide every year. Those who have lost a loved one to suicide experience tremendous shock and trauma, with a confusing mix of emotions--anger, guilt, grief and despair. Suicide also raises heartrending questions: Why did this happen? Why didn't we see it coming? Many also wonder if those who choose suicide are doomed to an eternity separated from God and loved ones. Some may even start asking whether life is worth living at all. After his father's death by suicide, Albert Hsu wrestled with the intense emotional and spiritual questions surrounding suicide. While acknowledging that there are no easy answers, Hsu draws on the resources of the Christian faith to point suicide survivors to the God who offers comfort in our grief and hope for the future. If you have lost a loved one to suicide or provide pastoral care to those left behind, this book is an essential companion for the journey toward healing.
 

Saturs

For Survivors the Other Victims of Suicide
9
When Suicide Strikes 1 Shock
15
Turmoil
23
Lament
39
Relinquishment
53
Remembrance
63
The Lingering Questions
75
Why Did This Happen?
77
Where Is God When It Hurts?
113
Life After Suicide
123
The Spirituality of Grief
126
The Healing Community
139
The Lessons of Suicide
151
Going On
159
Index
179
Autortiesības

Is Suicide the Unforgivable Sin?
95

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Albert Y. Hsu (pronounced "shee") is senior editor for IVP Books at InterVarsity Press, where he acquires and develops books in such areas as culture, discipleship, church, ministry and mission. He is also a PhD student in educational studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. Al is the author of Singles at the Crossroads, Grieving a Suicide and The Suburban Christian. He has been a writer and columnist for Christianity Today and served as senior warden on the vestry of Church of the Savior in Wheaton, Illinois. He and his wife, Ellen, have two sons and live in the western suburbs of Chicago.

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