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Dimension Books, 1985.
Introduction by Adrian Van Kaam

CONTENTS

General Introduction (Editors)
Foreword (Adrian van Kaam)
Acknolwledgements
Introduction

Part I-SUFFERING-A SOURCE OF INWARDNESS "In the midst of winter. . ."
Chapter 1 -Creative Suffering

Part II-SELF-ALIENATION-PSEUDO ESCAPE FROM SUFFERING
Chapter 2-Psychological Alienation
Chapter 3-Cultural Alienation

Part III-BECOMING A PERSON THROUGH AUTHENTIC RESPONSE TO SUFFERING
Chapter 4-Suffering as Warning
Chapter 5-Suffering as a Condition for Refinement and Depth
Chapter 6-Suffering as a Means of Communion with Others
Chapter 7-Suffering as a Means of Purification

Part IV-SUFFERING IN RELATION TO THE SACRED
Chapter 8-The Religious Nature of Person
Chapter 9-Distorted Religious Suffering
Chapter 10-Positive Value of Suffering for the Religious Person

Part V-CHRISTIAN SUFFERING
Chapter 11-A Christian Incarnates God In This World
Chapter 12-Christian Suffering As Lived by Augustine

Epilogue
Footnotes
Selected Bibliography