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Divorce
This text interweaves personal and theological reflection on what the experience of divorce means for a Christian. It offers suggestions for journeying towards a new wholeness after divorce - forgiveness as 'remembering well' - and how the church can help.
176 pages, Paperback
First published June 20, 2008
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August 1, 2019
This book is written out of the pain of a divorce by a Christian clergyman. One is no doubt that Mayo went through great trauma and confusion. The first person account of 'meltdown' is valuable not least because it so vividly describes some of the paradoxes of a faith that is doubtful about the appropriateness of divorce and the personal experience of it being inevitable.
This is not a book to grab and expect quickly to have answers to all possible questions about marriage and divorce. It ranges widely but the reflections largely centre on Mayo's own circumstances - no children, a supportive family, no immediate financial concerns...He wrestles with trying to understand what he experiences from the Biblical model of exile - but there is no Biblical justification for divorce / remarriage which some readers might expect. The chapter on family makes a good case for the church to break free of the 2 parents / 2 children fixation. I was not entirely convinced that children suffer as little as the author hopes when parents split.
The penultimate chapter of 'Dos and Don'ts' gives some advice to those close to other divorcing.
A reader will close the book understanding more about the distress (and slow recovery) of someone going through divorce who really wants to do the right things and learn from the process. This is a story that they local church needs to hear.
This is not a book to grab and expect quickly to have answers to all possible questions about marriage and divorce. It ranges widely but the reflections largely centre on Mayo's own circumstances - no children, a supportive family, no immediate financial concerns...He wrestles with trying to understand what he experiences from the Biblical model of exile - but there is no Biblical justification for divorce / remarriage which some readers might expect. The chapter on family makes a good case for the church to break free of the 2 parents / 2 children fixation. I was not entirely convinced that children suffer as little as the author hopes when parents split.
The penultimate chapter of 'Dos and Don'ts' gives some advice to those close to other divorcing.
A reader will close the book understanding more about the distress (and slow recovery) of someone going through divorce who really wants to do the right things and learn from the process. This is a story that they local church needs to hear.
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