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by Douglas Groothuis; Foreword by Nicholas Wolterstorff


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How do you continue to find God as dementia pulls your loved one into the darkness? Nothing is simple for a person suffering from dementia, and for those they love. When ordinary tasks of communication, such as using a phone, become complex, then difficult, and then impossible, isolation becomes inevitable. Helping becomes excruciating. In these pages philosopher Douglas Groothuis offers a window into his experience of caring for his wife as a rare form of dementia ravages her once-brilliant mind and eliminates her once-stellar verbal acuity. Mixing personal narrative with spiritual insight, he captures moments of lament as well as philosophical and theological reflection. Brief interludes provide poignant pictures of life inside the Groothuis household, and we meet a parade of caregivers, including a very skilled companion dog. Losses for both Doug and Becky come daily, and his questions for God multiply as he navigates the descending darkness. Here is a frank exploration of how one continues to find God in the twilight.

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  • Title Walking Through Twilight: A Wife's Illness--A Philosopher's Lament
  • Author Douglas Groothuis; Foreword by Nicholas Wolterstorff
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher IVP
  • Date 2017-11-21
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9780830845187 / 0830845186
  • Weight 0.53 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.6 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Topical: Death/Dying
  • Library of Congress subjects Bereavement - Religious aspects -, Anticipatory grief
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2017047476
  • Dewey Decimal Code 248.86

About the author

Douglas Groothuis (PhD, University of Oregon) is professor of philosophy at Denver Seminary in Denver, Colorado, where he heads the Apologetics and Ethics masters degree program. His articles have been published in professional journals such as Religious Studies, Philosophia Christi, Themelios, Christian Scholar's Review, Inquiry, and Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. He has written numerous books, including Christian Apologetics and, most recently Philosophy in Seven Sentences.

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