Alternative Attitudes Toward Suicide and Its Survivors
Contesting the Darkness of Conventional Stigmas
Alternative Attitudes Toward Suicide and Its Survivors Contesting the Darkness of Conventional Stigmas
Description
To better understand and address the needs of suicide loss survivors and those at risk of suicide, this volume offers a multifaceted, multidisciplinary approach based on the natural and social sciences, but with the personal and spiritual needs of this vulnerable population in mind.
The volume's twelve chapters are organized in a phased threefold way that demythologizes suicide, dealing first with the general thrust of the volume's intended purpose, then addressing suicidal ideology specifically among marginalized populations and cultures, and concluding with varied theological resources for further reflection on suicide. While the primary interest here is suicide loss, the volume presents a wider-ranging exploration of suicide in different social, psychological, and literary contexts as well. The contributors and the editors unite in a fervent hope that readers will find something of value to equip them in the ongoing struggle to push back against the darkness and despair of suicide loss.
Table of Contents
About the Contributors
Foreword by Bishop John Dolan
Introduction
Chapter One: Practicing Dangerous Memories, Honoring Suicide Victims, and
Building a Liveable World
Elizabeth Antus
Chapter Two: Mental Health Considerations for Suicide Loss Survivors
Amy Badura-Brack and Ryan Fabry
Chapter Three: A Caring God: Perspectives from the Older Testament for
Suicide Loss Survivors
Gordon Brubacher
Chapter Four: Toward a More Certain Hope: Expanding Theological
Awareness for Consoling Suicide Loss Survivors
Nicolae Roddy
Chapter Five: LGBTQ+ Youth and Suicide: Catholic Reflections
Todd A. Salzman and Michael G. Lawler
Chapter Six: Racial Trauma and Suicide: Toward Healing Through Creative
Maladjustment
Christina Jones Davis
Chapter Seven: A Laying on of Hands: Confronting Black Women's Suicidality
through the Healing Dimensions of Ritual
LaRyssa D. Herrington
Chapter Eight: Solidarity Across the Water: Suicide, Caste, and Racism
Jamall A. Calloway
Chapter Nine: Agency Enhanced through Communal Support: A Potential Remedy to Suicidal Tendencies
Christopher J. Krall, SJ
Chapter Ten: Love, Justice, and Healing: Reimagining Christian Ethics
in the Context of MAID and Suicide
Kimberly L. Penner
Chapter Eleven: Models for Interpreting Suicide in Catholic Social Teaching:
A Contribution from Gaudium et Spes
Julia Fleming
Chapter Twelve: The Lost Disciple? The Life and Death of Judas Iscariot According
to Early Christian Witnesses
Tabea Pelzmann
Product details
| Published | 19 Feb 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 272 |
| ISBN | 9798216251064 |
| Imprint | T&T Clark |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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