Loneliness & lament : a journey to receptivity / Patricia Joy Huntington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huntington, Patricia J.

Series:

Indiana series in the philosophy of religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Life.

Loneliness.

Women--Psychology.

Women.

Physical Description:

xxviii, 315 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Loneliness and lament

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2009]

Summary:

Patricia Joy Huntington reflects that loneliness does not only consist of the heartfelt absences of a friend, partner, spouse, or child, but rather stems from a radical breach in one's life journey. In this conceptually rigorous and warmly poetic book, Huntington develops a unique philosophy of receptivity and an original portrait of redemptive suffering. By fully exploring notions of pain, she also examines how the relation between the heart's musical attunement and meaning-filled life passages can lead one to a more spiritual philosophy and a more independent life. Huntington reveals the maternal face of God and encourages the feminine divine in her poignant narrative of overcoming. This deeply philosophical meditation offers a nuanced view of religious experience, providence, and transcendence.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780253352989

0253352983

9780253220677

025322067X

OCLC:

261177311