Clothed in Nothingness

by Hummel, Leonard M.

• ISBN13: 9780800634551
• ISBN10: 0800634551
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Fortress Pr

Summary

Clothed in Nothingness provides practical and theological considerations for pastoral care and insights from the Lutheran tradition for coping with suffering.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Backgrounds and Orientations	1	(20)
Tradition in Lived Religion: Two Vignettes	1	(3)
Tradition and Lived Religion	4	(2)
Consolation in Christian Tradition and Lived Religion	6	(4)
The Lutheran Tradition	10	(3)
The Location of This Book in Practical and Pastoral Theology	13	(3)
The Purpose of This Book Elaborated	16	(2)
Our Path in This Book	18	(3)
Consolation in the Early Lutheran Tradition	21	(28)
Theologies of Consolation: Justification and the Cross	22	(13)
Means and Practices of Consolation	35	(9)
In Conclusion	44	(5)
Significant Negative Events in Seven Lives	49	(24)
Introduction to This Empirical Study	50	(3)
A Variety of Significant Negative Events	53	(13)
In Summary	66	(7)
Consolation in Lived Religion: Beliefs	73	(26)
Justification	73	(18)
Theology of the Cross	91	(6)
Consoling Beliefs	97	(2)
Consolation in Lived Religion: Practices	99	(26)
Bedeviled by God: ``It was kind of me and God . . . going through that part''	100	(2)
The Means of Consolation: Scripture and Sacraments	102	(7)
Responses to Consolation	109	(4)
Social Factors in Consolation and Tribulation	113	(10)
Belief and Practice: A False Dichotomy	123	(2)
``Clothed in Nothingness''	125	(26)
Tradition and Lived Religion	125	(8)
A Comparison with Wesleyan and Reformed Traditions	133	(8)
``Clothed in Nothingness''	141	(10)
Excursus: Some Reflections on Atonement Theologies in Tradition and Lived Religion	151	(6)
Notes	157	(36)
Select Bibliography	193	(6)
Index	199