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Beginners

2010

A young man is rocked by two announcements from his elderly father: that he has terminal cancer and that he has a young male lover.

105 min

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Existentialist Psychologist, Auschwitz Survivor Viktor Frankl Explains How to Find Meaning in Life, No Matter What Challenges You Face

Frankl’s thesis echoes those of many sages, from Buddhists to Stoics to his 20th century Existentialist contemporaries: “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”

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Man’s Search for Meaning

Viktor Frankl’s riveting account of his time in the Nazi concentration camps, and his insightful exploration of the human will to find meaning in spite of the worst adversity, has offered solace and guidance to generations of readers since it was first published in 1946.

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Dark Nights of the Soul: A Guide to Finding Your Way Through Life’s Ordeals

Moore shows how honoring periods of fragility as periods of incubation and positive opportunities to delve into the soul’s deepest needs can provide healing and a new understanding of life’s meaning.

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In Case of Spiritual Emergency: Moving Successfully Through Your Awakening

Personal stories of spiritual crises are presented alongside practical and effective guidance in this exploration of a fascinating phenomenon.

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How Spirituality Affects Mental Health

Understanding the difference between a spiritual crisis and a mental illness is important to get to the root of the problem.

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When Spiritual Crises Show Up in the Mental Health System

Spiritual “emergencies” require understanding from mental health professionals.

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Poisoning of Spirit

Realizing the peak of one’s human potential is a divine grace promised when that wing is alive and spiritually alert. Its paralysis, however, means paralysis of the anatomical system of the human spirit; we briefly refer to this as the “poisoning of spirit.”

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Cults: Faith, Healing, and Coercion

From the mass weddings of Sun Myung Moon’s Unification Church to the ritual suicides at Heaven’s Gate, charismatic cults and their devotees have become facts of American life.

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Reverend, You Say the Virgin Birth Is ‘a Bizarre Claim’?

Nicholas Kristoff interviews Serene Jones.

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Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

A repackaged edition of the revered author’s spiritual memoir, in which he recounts the story of his divine journey and eventual conversion to Christianity. C. S.

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Death and Dying