Bibliograph

Among the Ashes, On Death, Grief, and Hope

Type

Label

Among the Ashes, On Death, Grief, and Hope

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Among the Ashes

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

On Death, Grief, and Hope

Summary

How can we hold fast to the hope of life eternal when we lose someone we love? In this book William Abraham reflects on the nature of certainty and the logic of hope in the context of an experience of devastating grief. Abraham opens with a stark account of the effects of grief in his own life after the unexpected death of his oldest son. Drawing on the book of Job, Abraham then looks at the significance of grief in debates about the problem of evil. He probes what Christianity teaches about life after death and ultimately relates our experiences of grief to the death of Christ. Profound and beautiful, Among the Ashes tackles the philosophical and theological questions surrounding loss even as it honors the experience of grief

Target audience

adult

Classification