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Publication
Minneapolis : Fortress Press
ISBN
9780800629786
Description
When a religious caregive visits a person who is suffering and dying or who is grieving a tragic death, questions arise concerning faith in God's goodness and power.This book deals with the pastor's preparation to deal with personal and cosmic issues of suffering and justice. Zurheide includes suggestions for conducting conversations with the dying.
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CONTENTS:
Before you enter -- Assessing what sufferers seek -- Answers to the theological "why me?" -- Theodicy : the problem of evil -- Karl Barth speaks out on evil -- Pastoral care : where theology touches down -- Ministry in the trenches -- Now that the funeral's over -- A plea for mystery.
Before you enter -- Assessing what sufferers seek -- Answers to the theological "why me?" -- Theodicy : the problem of evil -- Karl Barth speaks out on evil -- Pastoral care : where theology touches down -- Ministry in the trenches -- Now that the funeral's over -- A plea for mystery.