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Worthy Publishing
Published
July 2023
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Discover what it means to be blessed and challenge the false beliefs many in the church hold about "the good life" and what it means to walk in communion with God.
American Christians have developed a long list of expectations about what the life with God will feel like. Many Christians rightly deny the prosperity gospel--the idea that God wants you to be healthy and wealthy-- but instead embrace its more subtle spin-off, the emotional prosperity gospel, or the belief that happiness and spiritual euphoria will inevitably follow if you believe all the right things and make all the right choices. In this view, frustration is deemed unholy, fear is seen as a failure of faith, and sadness is a sign of God's disfavor. In Holy Unhappiness, Amanda Held Opelt, author of A Hole in the World, grapples with her own experience of disillusionment when life with God didn't always feel the way she expected it to feel. She examines some of the historic, religious, and cultural influences that led to the idolization of positive feelings and the marginalization of negative feelings. Unpacking nine elements of life that have been tainted by the message of the emotional Prosperity Gospel - including work, marriage, parenting, calling, community, and church - she points to a new path forward, one that reimagines what the "blessed" life can be like if we release some of our expectations and seek God in places we never thought to look. This is a book that asks "what good is God?" when he doesn't always make sorrow go away or soothe every fear. It is a book that explores our aversion to sadness and counts the costs of our unrelenting commitment to optimism. This is a book that insists there is holiness to be found even in our unhappiness.
Author
Opelt Amanda Held
Book Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Worthy Publishing
Published
July 2023
Weight
454g
Dimensions
22.9 x 22.8 x 15.3 cm
ISBN
9781546001928
ISBN-10
1546001921
Eden Code
6118417
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Author/Creator: Opelt Amanda Held
ISBN: 9781546001928
Publisher: Worthy Publishing
Release Date: July 2023
Weight: 454g
Dimensions: 22.9 x 22.8 x 15.3 cm
Eden Code: 6118417