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Cancer: A Pilgrim Companion
Gillian Straine
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Description for Cancer: A Pilgrim Companion
Paperback. A handbook for those with cancer and those supporting them, reflecting on the spiritual and theological aspects of the journey through diagnosis and living with the disease. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HRCX4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 178.
Someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer every two minutes. A cancer diagnosis divides life into 'before' and 'after' and plunges those facing the disease into a wilderness of uncertainty, fear and suffering. In this wise and compassionate book, cancer survivor and Anglican priest Dr Gillian Straine considers some of the unhelpful imagery that bombards those diagnosed with the disease. How often do we say or hear that someone has lost their battle with cancer or is fighting hard? This suggests that cancer can be defeated by sheer force of will alone, or that someone who does not ... Read more
Someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer every two minutes. A cancer diagnosis divides life into 'before' and 'after' and plunges those facing the disease into a wilderness of uncertainty, fear and suffering. In this wise and compassionate book, cancer survivor and Anglican priest Dr Gillian Straine considers some of the unhelpful imagery that bombards those diagnosed with the disease. How often do we say or hear that someone has lost their battle with cancer or is fighting hard? This suggests that cancer can be defeated by sheer force of will alone, or that someone who does not ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780281075027
SKU
V9780281075027
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Gillian Straine
The Revd Dr Gillian Straine is Director of the Guild of Health and St Raphael. An Anglican priest, she also has a PhD in astrophysics and is the author of Introducing Science and Religion: A path through polemic (SPCK, 2014). Gillian was diagnosed with advanced cancer at the age of 21 and following chemotherapy has been in successful remission since ... Read more
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