Category: Health/Wellness Publisher: Cedar House Publishers
ISBN-10: 0967628903
Type: Non-Fiction
Pages: 224
Copyright: Mar 1 2000
From Depression to Wholeness unravels the enigma of depression. Part personal narrative, part social commentary, part psycho theological treatise, this book takes the reader on an inward journey of self-discovery and healing. Thurman intelligently integrates biblical, classical and medical literature to address spiritual and scientific principles of healing in a highly readable, down-to-earth book.
When Debbie Thurman suffered from Major Depressive Disorder from 1981 to 1991, she looked for books that could address healing from both a Christian and a scientific point of view. She could not find such a book.
Knowing that her deeply held spiritual beliefs and the prayers of other believers, along with quality medical care had helped her recover, Thurman set out to write the book she knew others like her wanted.
From Depression to Wholeness: THe Anatomy of Healing was the result of five years of research and writing. It is a book based on sound advive and simple truths all-too-often ignored. The basic premise: people hurt, God cares and prayer heals.
Excerpt
"We humans do our utmost to control or avoid pain, yet pain is an unavoidable part of life. Perhaps we should embrace it instead and try to learn what it is teaching us."
(from Introduction)
"More than a century ago, German philospher Friedrich Nietzsche made his infamous declaration that God was dead. Today, 2,000 years after the God-man Jesus walked this earth, an ever-growing number of its six billion inhabitants are finding meaning in submitting their lives to a savior they recognize as living. God is not merely alive; He is thriving. Some even say that our love affair with science is being supplanted by our fascination with things spiritual."
(from Chapt. 5, p. 84)
Professional Reviews
Internet Book Watch
From Depression To Wholeness: The Anatomy Of Healing is Debbie Thurman's personal, articulate, and engaging story of the complex and multiple issues of depression. Debbie combines a personal narrative with intuitive social observations and psychotheological commentary, rendering From Depression To Wholeness accessible, insightful, enthusiastically recommended reading that will be of intense interest to the professional and pastoral care community as well as the nonspecialist general reader trying to come to grips with their own emotional conditions.
Guideposts
I couldn't put this book down. It is heart-breaking, informative, encouraging, real and, most of all, a love story. Bravo!
The News & Advance, Lynchburg, VA
Written with the honety of an emotional CAT scan. Thurman successfully traverses the fine line between offering oneself as a useful example and sinking into self-indulgence.
