The Resource The gravity of joy : a story of being lost and found, Angela Williams Gorrell ; foreword by Miroslav Volf
The gravity of joy : a story of being lost and found, Angela Williams Gorrell ; foreword by Miroslav Volf
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- Summary
- Shortly after being hired by Yale University to study joy, Angela Gorrell got word that a close family member had died by suicide. Less than a month later, she lost her father to a fatal opioid addiction and her nephew, only twenty-two years old, to sudden cardiac arrest. The theoretical joy she was researching at Yale suddenly felt shallow and distant. As she began volunteering at a women's maximum-security prison, she met people who suffered extensively yet still showed a tremendous capacity for joy. Talking with these women, many of whom had struggled with addiction and suicidal thoughts themselves, she realized: "Joy doesn't obliterate grief. . . . Instead, joy has a mysterious capacity to be felt alongside sorrow and even--sometimes most especially--in the midst of suffering." This is the story of Angela's discovery of an authentic, grounded Christian joy
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xviii, 234 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802877949
- Label
- The gravity of joy : a story of being lost and found
- Title
- The gravity of joy
- Title remainder
- a story of being lost and found
- Statement of responsibility
- Angela Williams Gorrell ; foreword by Miroslav Volf
- Subject
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- Addicts -- Religious life
- trueAnger
- trueChristian doctrines
- trueChristian life
- trueClergy
- trueClergywomen
- trueDeath
- trueGrief
- trueAddiction
- trueJoy and sorrow
- trueLoss
- Loss (Psychology)
- truePrison reform
- Suffering -- Religious aspects | Christianity
- trueSuicide
- Suicide -- Prevention
- Joy -- Religious aspects | Christianity
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Shortly after being hired by Yale University to study joy, Angela Gorrell got word that a close family member had died by suicide. Less than a month later, she lost her father to a fatal opioid addiction and her nephew, only twenty-two years old, to sudden cardiac arrest. The theoretical joy she was researching at Yale suddenly felt shallow and distant. As she began volunteering at a women's maximum-security prison, she met people who suffered extensively yet still showed a tremendous capacity for joy. Talking with these women, many of whom had struggled with addiction and suicidal thoughts themselves, she realized: "Joy doesn't obliterate grief. . . . Instead, joy has a mysterious capacity to be felt alongside sorrow and even--sometimes most especially--in the midst of suffering." This is the story of Angela's discovery of an authentic, grounded Christian joy
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10951578
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1982-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gorrell, Angela Williams
- Dewey number
- 248.8/6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Volf, Miroslav
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Joy
- Suffering
- Addicts
- Target audience
- general
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a story of being lost and found
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/relation/writerofforeword
- zQjCuBxQIeU
- Label
- The gravity of joy : a story of being lost and found, Angela Williams Gorrell ; foreword by Miroslav Volf
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-234)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 234 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802877949
- Lccn
- 2020040447
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)on1196822722
- 3471070
- Label
- The gravity of joy : a story of being lost and found, Angela Williams Gorrell ; foreword by Miroslav Volf
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-234)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- xviii, 234 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802877949
- Lccn
- 2020040447
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)on1196822722
- 3471070
Subject
- Addicts -- Religious life
- trueAnger
- trueChristian doctrines
- trueChristian life
- trueClergy
- trueClergywomen
- trueDeath
- trueGrief
- trueAddiction
- trueJoy and sorrow
- trueLoss
- Loss (Psychology)
- truePrison reform
- Suffering -- Religious aspects | Christianity
- trueSuicide
- Suicide -- Prevention
- Joy -- Religious aspects | Christianity
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