Scarred by Struggle, Transformed by Hope

by Chittister, Joan D.

• ISBN13: 9780802812162
• ISBN10: 0802812163
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-03-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Author Biography

Joan D. Chittister is a best-selling author, an internationally known lecturer, and the executive director of Benetvision: A Resource and Research Center for Contemporary Spirituality, Erie, Pennsylvania

Table of Contents

Preface: Struggle, the Seedbed of Hope	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xii
A Paradigm of Struggle	p. 1
The Loss of Certainty: A Suffering of the Soul	p. 8
Struggle: The Process and the Challenge	p. 14
The Struggle of Change	p. 20
The Gift of Conversion	p. 24
The Struggle of Isolation	p. 28
The Gift of Independence	p. 33
The Struggle of Darkness	p. 38
The Gift of Faith	p. 41
The Struggle with Fear	p. 45
The Gift of Courage	p. 49
The Struggle with Powerlessness	p. 53
The Gift of Surrender	p. 57
The Struggle of Vulnerability	p. 61
The Gift of Limitations	p. 66
The Struggle of Exhaustion	p. 70
The Gift of Endurance	p. 74
The Struggle of Scarring	p. 79
The Gift of Transformation	p. 83
Wrestling with God	p. 87
The Process of Struggle	p. 91
The Process of Hope	p. 97
The Gift of Hope	p. 104
Hope: The Resurrection of the Spirit	p. 108
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