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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826708003321

Autore

Huntington Patricia J

Titolo

Loneliness & lament [[electronic resource] ] : a journey to receptivity / / Patricia Joy Huntington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2009

ISBN

1-282-10340-7

9786612103407

0-253-00290-7

Descrizione fisica

xxviii, 315 p

Collana

Indiana series in the philosophy of religion

Disciplina

155.9/2

Soggetti

Life

Loneliness

Women - Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Prelude: A wayfarer's song -- Part I: Life is song : the quest for music and meaning -- Fitful dreams -- Life and the fight for word -- Primitive aloneness : our true home -- Receptivity and the quest for meaning-filled living -- Loneliness and deliverance -- Part II: Lamentation and woe : the quest for the mother -- Shadows of sorrow-filled lamentation -- Ode to the cup of bitterness -- Pain and bearing -- Lamentation and sorrow -- Tears for want of comforting protection -- Loneliness whom I must befriend -- Where joy and sorrow meet -- Part III: Intimacy and bearing : the quest for the Father -- Life's masculine character -- For what are we set up? -- Soft words for mother -- For what divine operation are we set up? -- Journey to the land where heart grows -- Pain and intimacy : the pause in bearing -- One step-- along the way -- A resonant chorus.