Living Through Pain
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Living Through Pain

Psalms and the Search for Wholeness

Kristin M. Swenson

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  2. English
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Living Through Pain

Psalms and the Search for Wholeness

Kristin M. Swenson

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About This Book

Pain disintegrates a person, fracturing self and relationships. In Living Through Pain Kristin M. Swenson charts the multifaceted personal and social problems caused by chronic pain and surveys professional efforts to mitigate and manage it. Because the experience of pain involves all aspects of a person—body, mind, spirit, and community—Swenson consults an ancient resource for wisdom, perspective, and insight. Her close reading of selected psalms from the Hebrew Bible demonstrates that the challenge of living through pain is timeless. Swenson shows how these ancient texts offer a vocabulary and grammar for understanding and expressing the contemporary experience of pain. The psalms tell of suffering and healing. They decry pain's propensity to fracture even as they demonstrate a person's ability to mend. Pain is a universal experience, and this book invites readers to consider more fully what is involved in the process of healing.

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Publisher
Baylor University Press
Year
2005
ISBN
9781602581166
Topic
Medicina
Subtopic
Anestesiología y gestión del dolor

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APA 6 Citation

Swenson, K. (2005). Living Through Pain ([edition unavailable]). Baylor University Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/1587752/living-through-pain-psalms-and-the-search-for-wholeness-pdf (Original work published 2005)

Chicago Citation

Swenson, Kristin. (2005) 2005. Living Through Pain. [Edition unavailable]. Baylor University Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/1587752/living-through-pain-psalms-and-the-search-for-wholeness-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Swenson, K. (2005) Living Through Pain. [edition unavailable]. Baylor University Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/1587752/living-through-pain-psalms-and-the-search-for-wholeness-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Swenson, Kristin. Living Through Pain. [edition unavailable]. Baylor University Press, 2005. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.