In a Dark Wood: Journeys of Faith and Doubt

by Linda Jones, Sophie Stanes (Editor)

Overview

Doubt is as natural an experience as faith and what theologian Paul Tillich called an indispensable component of authentic faith. In this book an extraordinary range of writers talks about the moment-often devastating-when they turned to God only to find neither God's presence nor consolation. Where once silence was filled with peace, now that silence signals only emptiness. In a Dark Wood features a diverse group of voices describing unlikely and often moving journeys toward or away from faith-Protestants, Catholics, and Jews; laypeople and religious professionals; activists, poets, politicians, and ordinary people. In addition, dozens of readings, poems, and prayers reflect on belief and doubt, on the loss of faith and its rediscovery, from the Psalmists, medieval saints, and such luminaries as W. B. Yeats and T. S. Eliot, James Baldwin and Joseph Heller, Maya Angelou and Isabel Allende, Henri Nouwen and Walter Brueggemann, Nelson Mandela and Daniel Berrigan.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800636241
Publisher:	Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date:	12/31/2003
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Linda Jones works for CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development), one of the United Kingdom's leading Third World development agencies.Sophie Stanes works for CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development), one of the United Kingdom's leading Third World development agencies.

Table of Contents

Introduction

PART ONE - THERE IS NO GOD

Anonymous

Jane Harvey

PART TWO - DOUBTS ON THE JOURNEY

Tony Benn

Rupert M. Loydell

John Bell

Sr. Petra Boex

Annabel Shilson-Thomas

Christopher Hall

Bruce Kent

Colin Parry

Lionel Blue

Chris Cole

Gerard W. Hughes

Jeannine Gramick

Bernadette Farrell

Myra Poole

Dame Joanna Jamieson

Geoffrey Duncan

Stephen Timms, MP

Gerald O'Mahony

Denis Hurley

Dr. Hans Popper

Joan D. Chittister, OSB

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Index of Authors