Hope and Grace

Monika Renz holds doctorates in psychopathology and theology from the universities of Zurich, Fribourg, and Innsbruck. She is head of the psycho-oncology department at Kantonsspital St. Gallen, where she has been a practicing music therapist, psychotherapist and spiritual counsellor since 1998. She is the author of a number of books drawing on her research into dying, spirituality and spiritual care. Find out more at www.monikarenz.ch.

• Introduction. 1. Spirituality is Experience. 2. Between Two Worlds: The Liminal Sphere and Its Laws. 3. Hope for Grace. 4. Experience of Transcendence as Reality and Grace. 5. Experiences of Angels and Darkness. 6. Experiences of God and the Divine. 7. Being or Relationship?. 8. Spiritual Care between Psychotherapy and Pastoral Care. 9. Spiritual Care Interventions. Appendix. References.

Every word of this rich and profound account of Renz's important and valuable research with the dying rings true. Monika is a courageous and inspirational pioneer. Her challenging work is worthy of the closest attention, extending the boundaries of human wisdom where we all need to go.