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On consolation : finding solace in dark times

text On consolation : finding solace in dark times

Summary
"When we lose someone we love, when we suffer loss or defeat, when catastrophe strikes-war, famine, pandemic-we go in search of consolation. Once the province of priests and philosophers, the language of consolation has largely vanished from our m... Read more
Contents
Introduction: After paradise -- The voice in the whirlwind : The book of Job and The book of Psalms -- Waiting for the Messiah : Paul's Epistles -- Cicero's tears : letters on the death of his daughter -- Facing the barbarians : Marcus Aurelius's ... Read more
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xv, 284 pages ;  22 cm
Publisher
Metropolitan Books 2021

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 152.4 IGN in Adult Non-fiction Available

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