Embodied Hope - by Kelly M Kapic (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Kelly M. Kapic meditates on how our suffering--particularly our physical suffering--relates to the Christian faith. This is not a theodicy or a book of easy answers. It is an invitation to reshape our understanding of suffering into the image of Jesus. What we discover is that in Christ and through his church, God displays his deep love and provision for his people.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><ul> <li>2018 <em>WORLD Magazine</em> Book of the Year - Accessible Theology</li> </ul><ul> <li>2018 <em>Creative Quarterly</em> Professional Graphic Design Runner-Up </li> </ul><ul> <li> <em> Christianity Today's </em> 2018 Book of the Year Winner - Theology/Ethics </li> <li> <em> Evangelical Christian Publishers Association</em> Top Shelf Book Cover Award 2017</li> </ul><p> <strong>This book will make no attempt to defend God. . . . If you are looking for a book that boasts triumphantly of conquest over a great enemy, or gives a detached philosophical analysis that neatly solves an absorbing problem, this isn't it.</strong> Too often the Christian attitude toward suffering is characterized by a detached academic appeal to God's sovereignty, as if suffering were a game or a math problem. Or maybe we expect that since God is good, everything will just work out all right somehow. But where then is honest lament? Aren't we shortchanging believers of the riches of the Christian teaching about suffering? In <em>Embodied Hope</em> Kelly Kapic invites us to consider the example of our Lord Jesus. Only because Jesus has taken on our embodied existence, suffered alongside us, died, and been raised again can we find any hope from the depths of our own dark valleys of pain. As we look to Jesus, we are invited to participate not only in his sufferings, but also in the church, which calls us out of isolation and into the encouragement and consolation of the communal life of Christ. Drawing on his own family's experience with prolonged physical pain, Kapic reshapes our understanding of suffering into the image of Jesus, and brings us to a renewed understanding of--and participation in--our embodied hope.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p><em>Embodied Hope</em> is a breath of fresh air and a source of hope, as Kapic takes a holistic approach to pain and suffering. Rather than downplaying orthodoxy in order to be practical and compassionate, he gives us a rich teaching of Christian anthropology, Christ's person and work, and an eternal perspective. He takes care to deal with the physical aspects of suffering as well as its connection with the spiritual. This approach directs our gaze to Christ while not ignoring the hard questions that sufferers and caretakers must face.</p>--Aimee Byrd, Christianity Today, December 13, 2017<br><br><p>This work speaks to three distinct audiences: those who suffer, their caregivers, and the community that must embrace them both. Those who share the author's religious outlook will find resonances in a culture that might otherwise fail to provide what is needed most.</p>--Library Journal, June 1, 2017<br><br><p>We think it can help readers of any background who live with serious illness or physical pain think more deeply about the roles God and faith play in their daily lives.</p>--Pain-Free Living, June/July 2017<br>
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