Transforming Our Painful Emotions Spiritual Resources in Anger, Shame, Grief, Fear, and Loneliness
- New York Orbis Books 2010
- 213p
includes index and biblioraphy
Part One TRANSFORMING OUR PASSIONS 1. Emotions, Our Unlikely Allies 2. Befriending Our Emotions Part Two ANGER An Emergency Emotion 3. Tracking the Tigers of Wrath 4. How We Deal with Our Anger 5. An Angry Spirituality Part Three GUILT AND SHAME The Price of Belonging 6. Boundaries of Belonging 7. Guises of Guilt 8. Healthy Shame 9. Transforming Social Shame Part Four HIDDEN GIFTS Grief, Loneliness, Fear 10. The Gift of Grief 135 11. Learning from Loneliness 147 12. Finding Fear as a Friend 162 13. The Christian Script for Fear 175 Conclusion THE WAY OF THE PAINFUL EMOTIONS 14. The Way of the Painful Emotions 189