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When Words Fail A Religious Response to Undeserved Hurt

Aus der Reihe Jason Aronson, Inc.

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Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

31.10.1999

Verlag

Bloomsbury USA

Seitenzahl

262

Maße (L/B/H)

23.5/15.7/2 cm

Gewicht

595 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-7657-6093-7

Produktdetails

Einband

Gebundene Ausgabe

Erscheinungsdatum

31.10.1999

Verlag

Bloomsbury USA

Seitenzahl

262

Maße (L/B/H)

23.5/15.7/2 cm

Gewicht

595 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-7657-6093-7

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  • Produktbild: When Words Fail
  • Introduction

    1. The Pastor in Judaism
    Speaking Authoritatively, but with a Compassionate Voice
    Chief Actor in the Healing Drama

    2. Give Me Friendship or Death
    Health and Human Companionship
    Guilt and Mourning
    Case Study of a Self-Indulgent Life
    Excommunication and Mourning
    Alone with God
    Sitting Shivah without Any Visitors
    Beyond the Destroyed Temple
    Life and Dialogue

    3. Enter the Comforter
    The Non-Professional in the Healing Process
    The Therapist as a Friend
    Silence, A Prelude to Venting Anger
    Does job Express a Death Wish?
    Shattering of Eternal Verities
    Bittush--A Hasidic Approach to Recovery
    Never Letting Go of Guilt Feelings
    The Victim Interceding for Friends

    4. Listening
    Greatest Comfort, "Be Quiet, Let Me Speak"
    Jacob's and Elkanah's Failures
    Everyman's Question--Is God Listening?
    The Lead Role without a Word
    The Handmaid Acting as Sarah's Mother
    Listening with the Third Ear

    5. When Silence is Golden
    The Bible's Most Famous Silence
    Silence Speaking Louder Than Words
    When Knowing Too Much Induces Silence
    Highest Praise to God
    A Teacher's Silence
    The Loudest Noise in the World

    6. Give Me Your Hand: Reflections on Nonverbal Communication
    The Healing Touch
    Rabbi Johanan's Therapy
    Eyes and Nose--The Silent Messengers
    Clothing and Nonverbal Communication
    Cain's Body Language
    Semichah--Ordaining through Touch

    7. Responding to Tragedy
    Every Man Has His Breaking Point
    Asserting Power in a Powerless Setting
    God Favoring the Pursued
    The Weakness of Phyysical Power
    Feeling Superior through Laughter
    The Present Doesn't Determine the Future
    Parallel between Job and Zion
    The Most Perfect Thing--A Broken Heart
    Job, The Man with No History
    Life--A Pledge Returned to God
    Can Evil Be Good?
    Creative Illness
    The Holocaust--Acquiring Special Credit

    8. Making Your Peace with God
    Where is My Father?
    Metaneeds More Than Basic Needs
    I Know My Redeemer Lives
    Revealing Our Darker Side
    Depression and Distancing Ourselves from God
    Fighting Death, Asserting Life
    Our Humiliation and God's Tears
    Job's Healing without God's Answer
    Liberated from Prison of Self-Centeredness

    Concluding Thoughts

    Bibliography

    Index