To Rebehold the Stars
eBook - ePub

To Rebehold the Stars

Reimagining Faith and Formation After Deconstruction

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  2. English
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eBook - ePub

To Rebehold the Stars

Reimagining Faith and Formation After Deconstruction

About this book

A creative guide to reengaging with faith

In this beautifully written book, Tiffany Yecke Brooks helps readers find their way forward after faith deconstruction. She likens the process to Dante's ascent from the underworld: when he emerges from the depths, he steps out into an expansive space where he can "rebehold the stars." Encountering God anew is at the heart of Brooks's approach to faith formation after deconstruction. She teaches readers how to enliven their religious vocabulary, cultivate fresh spiritual practices, recognize holiness in unexpected places, find new faith communities, and more.

Fans of Brooks's earlier examinations of faith— Gaslighted by God and Holy Ghosted—will welcome this newest addition to her writing on the topic. Designed for both individual and group study, To Rebehold the Stars guides readers through a wide variety of exercises, practices, and disciplines to help illuminate this essential stage of the journey out of deconstruction and into a more vibrant, authentic life of faith. The book is enriched by Brooks's passion for writing and literature, as evidenced in her lively discussions of language and apt use of literary examples. For readers yearning for creative approaches to faith reconstruction, To Rebehold the Stars points the way toward new and deeply meaningful encounters with God.

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Information

Publisher
Eerdmans
eBook ISBN
9781467468602
Year
2026

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication Page
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction - Rebehold the Stars
  7. 1 - Rename - Language Shapes Thought, Thought Shapes Experience
  8. 2 - Reimagine - Cynicism and Wonder
  9. 3 - Renaissance - Being and Becoming Who You Really Are
  10. 4 - Reassess - Taking a Spiritual Sounding
  11. 5 - Recognize - Correlating Your Emotions and Responses
  12. 6 - Re-view - Looking with New Eyes
  13. 7 - Revisit - What We Owe Tradition . . . and What Tradition Owes Us
  14. 8 - Reconsider - Finding New Ways of Understanding
  15. 9 - Reinï»żcarnation (Not That Kind) - Recognizing Holiness
  16. 10 - Revise - Adapting Old Spiritual Disciplines
  17. 11 - Revamp - Creating New Spiritual Practices
  18. 12 - Receive - Changing Our Relationship with Suffering
  19. 13 - Reconcile or Release - Reconsidering Forgiveness
  20. 14 - Reengage - Finding a Faith Community
  21. 15 - Blessed (Re)assurance - Security, Not Safety
  22. Acknowledgments
  23. Notes
  24. Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Texts