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Book Review: Christian M. M. Brady, Beautiful and Terrible Things: A Christian Struggle with Suffering, Grief and Hope

Book Review: Christian M. M. Brady, Beautiful and Terrible Things: A Christian Struggle with... 112 Anglican Theological Review 104(1) justice to this brilliant and illuminating book. It is recommended for all invested in the dream of truly transformative theological education. SHERYL A. KUJAWA-HOLBROOK Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, CA, USA; Bloy House, The Episcopal School of Theology at Los Angeles, Glendale, CA, USA Beautiful and Terrible Things: A Christian Struggle with Suffering, Grief and Hope. By Christian M. M. Brady. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2020. 167 pp. $18.00 (pb). ISBN 9780664266127. Author Miribai Starr, reflecting on the death of her daughter, poignantly observed, “When someone you love very much dies, the sky falls. And so you walk around under a fallen sky.” Professor and priest Christian Brady, in Beautiful and Terrible Things, shares the personal and theological guideposts of his painful walk under a fallen sky fol- lowing the death of his eight-year-old son Mack in 2012. Among the most memorable passages are vignettes that give us a glimpse into Brady’s lived experience of grief, such as when, coming home from a business trip, Brady hastily stopped to buy his traditional souvenir keychain for Mack, only to be ambushed by tears moments later remembering that Mack would not be waiting for http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Anglican Theological Review SAGE

Book Review: Christian M. M. Brady, Beautiful and Terrible Things: A Christian Struggle with Suffering, Grief and Hope

Leslie, Joanne
Anglican Theological Review , Volume 104 (1): 1 – Jan 4, 2022
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112 Anglican Theological Review 104(1) justice to this brilliant and illuminating book. It is recommended for all invested in the dream of truly transformative theological education. SHERYL A. KUJAWA-HOLBROOK Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, CA, USA; Bloy House, The Episcopal School of Theology at Los Angeles, Glendale, CA, USA Beautiful and Terrible Things: A Christian Struggle with Suffering, Grief and Hope. By Christian M. M. Brady. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2020. 167 pp. $18.00 (pb). ISBN 9780664266127. Author Miribai Starr, reflecting on the death of her daughter, poignantly observed, “When someone you love very much dies, the sky falls. And so you walk around under a fallen sky.” Professor and priest Christian Brady, in Beautiful and Terrible Things, shares the personal and theological guideposts of his painful walk under a fallen sky fol- lowing the death of his eight-year-old son Mack in 2012. Among the most memorable passages are vignettes that give us a glimpse into Brady’s lived experience of grief, such as when, coming home from a business trip, Brady hastily stopped to buy his traditional souvenir keychain for Mack, only to be ambushed by tears moments later remembering that Mack would not be waiting for

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