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A hole in the world : finding hope in rituals of grief and healing / Amanda Held Opelt.

by Opelt, Amanda Held.

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Worthy Publishing, 2022.

Opelt, Amanda Held.

Social workers -- North Carolina -- Biography.

Bereavement -- Religious aspects -- Biography.

Grief -- Religious aspects -- Biography.

9781546001898 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Finding hope in rituals of grief and healing

241 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

"When did we forget how to grieve well? When Amanda Held Opelt suffered a season of loss--including three miscarriages and the death of her grandmother and culminating in the unexpected death of her sister, New York Times bestselling writer Rachel Held Evans -- she was faced with sorrow she didn't know how to face. And through her career as an international aid worker, she traveled to some of the world's most troubled regions, devastated by war, natural disasters, and disease. In the wake of these losses and exposure to trauma, Opelt struggled to process her grief and accept the reality of her pain and the pain in the world. She also wrestled with some unexpectedly difficult questions: What does it mean to truly grieve and to grieve well? Why is it so hard to move on? Why didn't my faith prepare me for this kind of pain? What am I supposed to do now? Her search for answers led her to discover that generations past embraced rituals that served as vessels for pain and aided in the process of grieving and healing. Today, many of these traditions have been lost as religious practice declines, cultures amalgamate, death is sanitized, and pain is averted. In this raw and authentic memoir of bereavement, Opelt explores the history of human grief practices and how previous generations have journeyed through periods of suffering."--From publisher.

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