Sara Savage is a social psychologist in the Psychology and Religion Research Group, University of Cambridge. Her recent publications include: Conflict in Relationships: understand it, overcome it (Savage &amp; Boyd-MacMillan, Lion Hudson 2010) and The Human Face of Church (Savage &amp; Boyd-Macmillan, SCM/Canterbury Press 2007).

In this profoundly moving meditation on the character of Joseph in the book of Genesis, Sara Savage takes you on a journey of personal transformation. It is a journey that will lead you to new levels of emotional and spiritual understanding. Like Joseph, every human being needs to learn how to handle life's problems - whether threats to identity, relationship breakdown, depression, bereavement, stress, personal failure or other forms of suffering. Skilfully interweaving psychological and biblical insight, Sara Savage takes you deep into the mind and soul of Joseph as he lives and learns through these experiences. In doing so, she shows how, like Joseph, you too can make something beautiful out of the life that you have been given.

Sara Savage

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About the author

Title page

Imprint

Dedication

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. The Tent

2. The Pit

3. Into Egypt

4. River in Drought

5. River in Flood

6. Out of Egypt

Study Guide: a six-session course for groups and individuals

Study Guide for Session 1: The birth of the social self

Study Guide for Session 2: Entering and exiting depression

Study Guide for Session 3: Stress and coping

Study Guide for Session 4: Forgiveness and unforgiveness

Study Guide for Session 5: Loss and grieving

Study Guide for Session 6: Transformation

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Savage, Sara

This book provides insights for the spiritual journey through a profound psychological engagement with the story of Joseph in the book of Genesis. Like Joseph, every human being faces problems in life. How we negotiate these crises, and what resources we find to cope with them, can shape the way we grow as Christians.

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Joseph is an Old Testament life that attracts a significant amount of commentary footage, yet here is a fresh humanitarian, rich biblical sweep of a hero of the faith. A distinctively psychology led approach is compellingly painted by Sara Savage. This is a moving and winsome commentary and meditation. A significant quantity of this resource is mapped out for small group or sessional use, and here there is much that I enjoyed also.   
 Emotion is real, explanation is clear and exposition is implied: the structural shape of this title alone, in the place of Joseph’s encounter and the problems faced offers a tremendous and unique resource for our contemporary well-being. Perhaps a little too edgy for some but truly rich and freshly insightful! Very well written and full of transformational thinking and much understanding. Top class!

Joseph

Insights for the Spiritual Journey

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