Children of Divorce The Loss of Family as the Loss of Being

Name: Children of Divorce The Loss of Family as the Loss of Being
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ISBN: 9780801039140

ISBN-10: 0801039142

ISBN-13: 9780801039140

Edition: 2010

Authors: Andrew Root, Chap Clark

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Why does divorce cause so much strain and long-term distress for children of all ages? Andrew Root, a recognized authority on youth ministry and a child of divorce himself, explains that divorce causes children to question their core identity. Since a child is the product of the union of a mother and father, when that union ends, he or she experiences a baffling sense of loss of self--a loss of his or her very sense of being. Root redirects efforts for assisting children of divorce to first address this fundamental experience. This unique book examines the impact of divorce not only from a theological and spiritual perspective but also from a young person's perspective. It will benefit…

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List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Baker Academic
Publication date: 8/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.44" tall
Weight: 0.594

Andrew Root is the Olson Baalson Associate Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of several books, including The Relational Pastor and Relationships Unfiltered, and coauthor with Kenda Creasy Dean of The Theological Turn in Youth Ministry.

Chap Clark, PhD (Univ. of Denver), has more than 25 years of experience in youth and family ministry. He is Associate Provost for Regional Campuses and Special Projects and Professor of Youth, Family, and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary. Chap's extensive books, articles, and videos focus primarily on relationships. Among his many books are Hurt and Hurt 2.0; Disconnected: Parenting Teens in a MySpace World (coauthored with his wife, Dee); and Deep Justice in a Broken World. Chap and Dee live in Gig Harbor, Washington.



Series Preface


Preface


Introduction



A History of the Family, a History of the Self



Marriage and Divorce in Late Modernity: Being and Action in Giddens's Social Theory



Divorce as an Issue of Being: Ontological Security and the Loss of Self



Divorce and Theological Anthropology



Divorce and the Image of God: A Conversation between Theology and Object Relations Psychology



What Is to Be Done: The Church as a Community for the Broken


Notes


Index