How do you continue to find God as dementia pulls your loved one into the darkness? Philosopher Douglas Groothuis offers a window into his experience of caring for his wife as a rare form of dementia ravages her once-brilliant mind. Mixing personal narrative with spiritual insight, he captures moments of lament as well as theological reflection and poignant pictures of their life together.
How do you continue to find God as dementia pulls your loved one into the darkness? Philosopher Douglas Groothuis offers a window into his experience of caring for his wife as a rare form of dementia ravages her once-brilliant mind. Mixing personal narrative with spiritual insight, he captures moments of lament as well as theological reflection and poignant pictures of their life together.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Douglas Groothuis (PhD, University of Oregon) is professor of philosophy at Denver Seminary in Denver, Colorado, where he heads the Apologetics and Ethics masters degree program. His articles have been published in professional journals such as Religious Studies, Philosophia Christi, Themelios, Christian Scholar's Review, Inquiry, and Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. He has written numerous books, including Christian Apologetics and, most recently Philosophy in Seven Sentences.
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Foreword by Nicholas WolterstorffIntroduction: Walking Through Twilight 1. Rage in a Psych Ward 2. The Year of Learning Things I Did Not Want to Know Interlude: The Mensa Card 3. It Is Eerie 4. Giving Up Interlude: Sunny 5. The Temptation to Hate God 6. Learning to Lament Interlude: My Worried Ear 7. Joy in Lament 8. Moses and Our Sadness Interlude: The Red Book 9. Lamenting in the Classroom 10. Lamenting Online Interlude: At the Museum 11. Technology Free 12. Learning to Lie to My Wife (as Little as Possible) Interlude: Jesus Loves Me 13. Gallows Humor 14. Dogs, Dementia, and Us 15. Miss Becky and a Way of Speaking Interlude: Snack and Scalp 16. Words Fail Us 17. My Escape into Meaning Interlude: Becky as My Student 18. How Is Becky? Interlude: Resting Conclusion: From Twilight into Darkness Acknowledgments Appendix: Lightening the Load Notes
Foreword by Nicholas WolterstorffIntroduction: Walking Through Twilight 1. Rage in a Psych Ward 2. The Year of Learning Things I Did Not Want to Know Interlude: The Mensa Card 3. It Is Eerie 4. Giving Up Interlude: Sunny 5. The Temptation to Hate God 6. Learning to Lament Interlude: My Worried Ear 7. Joy in Lament 8. Moses and Our Sadness Interlude: The Red Book 9. Lamenting in the Classroom 10. Lamenting Online Interlude: At the Museum 11. Technology Free 12. Learning to Lie to My Wife (as Little as Possible) Interlude: Jesus Loves Me 13. Gallows Humor 14. Dogs, Dementia, and Us 15. Miss Becky and a Way of Speaking Interlude: Snack and Scalp 16. Words Fail Us 17. My Escape into Meaning Interlude: Becky as My Student 18. How Is Becky? Interlude: Resting Conclusion: From Twilight into Darkness Acknowledgments Appendix: Lightening the Load Notes
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