Alternative Attitudes Toward Suicide and Its Survivors

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Contesting the Darkness of Conventional Stigmas

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Av Gordon Brubacher, Nicolae Roddy, Christopher J. Krall, Christopher J Krall

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To better understand and address the needs of suicide loss survivors and those at risk of suicide, this volume offers a multifaceted, multidisciplinary approach based on the natural and social sciences with the personal and spiritual needs of this vulnerable population in mind. The volume’s twelve chapters are organized in a phased, threefold way that demythologizes suicide; dealing first with the general thrust of the volume’s intended purpose, then addressing suicidal ideology specifically among marginalized populations and cultures, and concluding with varied theological resources for further reflection on suicide. While primarily focusing on suicide loss, the volume presents a wider-ranging exploration of suicide in different social, psychological, and literary contexts as well. The contributors and the editors unite in a fervent hope that readers will find something of value to equip them in the ongoing struggle to push back against the darkness and despair of suicide loss.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-04-30
Mått152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor272
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781666977547

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Dedication pageAbout the Contributors Foreword by Bishop John DolanIntroductionChapter One: Practicing Dangerous Memories, Honoring Suicide Victims, andBuilding a Liveable WorldElizabeth AntusChapter Two: Mental Health Considerations for Suicide Loss SurvivorsAmy Badura-Brack and Ryan FabryChapter Three: A Caring God: Perspectives from the Older Testament forSuicide Loss SurvivorsGordon BrubacherChapter Four: Toward a More Certain Hope: Expanding TheologicalAwareness for Consoling Suicide Loss SurvivorsNicolae RoddyChapter Five: LGBTQ+ Youth and Suicide: Catholic ReflectionsTodd A. Salzman and Michael G. LawlerChapter Six: Racial Trauma and Suicide: Toward Healing Through CreativeMaladjustmentChristina Jones DavisChapter Seven: A Laying on of Hands: Confronting Black Women’s Suicidalitythrough the Healing Dimensions of RitualLaRyssa D. HerringtonChapter Eight: Solidarity Across the Water: Suicide, Caste, and RacismJamall A. CallowayChapter Nine: Agency Enhanced through Communal Support: A Potential Remedy to Suicidal TendenciesChristopher J. Krall, SJChapter Ten: Love, Justice, and Healing: Reimagining Christian Ethicsin the Context of MAID and SuicideKimberly L. PennerChapter Eleven: Models for Interpreting Suicide in Catholic Social Teaching:A Contribution from Gaudium et SpesJulia FlemingChapter Twelve: The Lost Disciple? The Life and Death of Judas Iscariot Accordingto Early Christian WitnessesTabea Pelzmann

Scholarship in theology and religious studies rarely addresses the suicidal ideation and suicide loss that affect many of our lives; unfortunately, this silence reinforces the common identification of religion with suicide stigma. Addressing this void with multidisciplinary perspectives on suicide prevention, ideation, survival, and loss, this volume offers nuanced accounts of both the harm inflicted by faith communities and their potential as sources of healing and hope. The book's wide-ranging and accessibly written essays expand the conversation about suicide and religion, especially through their attention to social injustice and the collective implications of suicidality.