Beyond Singleness: Lifetimes for the Separated, Divorced, Widowed and Unmarried - Couverture souple

Wilkinson, Helena

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0551029021 ISBN 13 : 9780551029026

Editeur : Marshall Pickering, 1995

Synopsis

Loneliness is one of the most crippling diseases of our age, yet too many people rush into relationships in the belief that finding the right partner will heal everything. If a marriage partner remains elusive, the pain can become desperate; equally, if a permanent relationship is founded on such a shaky foundation the pain of breakdown can be unbearable. The real issue, as this book sets out, is not whether one is single or married, but rather whether one is fully alive and in a loving relationship with oneself, friends, family, the world around, the church family, and above all, God himself.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Helena Wilkinson has an excellent track record in the Christian market.

Previously editor of ‘Carer and Counsellor’ magazine, she now runs the Kainos Advisory Service for eating disorders.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

By the end of the century, it is estimated that 45% of adults will live alone. The Christian church has already arrived at this statistic; almost half of all adult church members are single, divorced, or widowed. For some, singleness is a chosen way of life, but for many others, it is definitely second-best.

Long term singleness can result in a crippling sense of anxiety, which in itself dooms many potential new friendship from the start.

The answer is not to find that someone special who will simply fill the gap, maintains Helena Wilkinson.
'Beyond Singleness' shows how the personal pitfalls of loneliness and anxiety can be avoided, how unhelpful stereotyped ideas can be challenged and changed, how the 'real person' inside can be nurtured and cared for, so that relationships with others become more honest, rewarding and enriching.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Marshall Pickering
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0551029021
• ISBN 13: 9780551029026
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible