Why Have you Forsaken Me?

<p><strong>In this powerful book on the experience of desolation John Colwell focuses on Psalm 22 read in the light of his own struggle with bi-polar disorder and the Christian belief that God the Son suffered in his humanity to offer existential-theological reflections on the experience of God-forsakenness.</strong></p><p>'My concern in writing this book and reading this psalm is to reflect on the felt experience of God-forsakenness my own and that of Christ in the light of this psalm; to explore the theological and spiritual significance of this felt experience for myself for Christ for Christians generally.</p><p>If this exploration proves to be helpful to me or to others then obviously I am glad but I am not writing this book to be helpful but rather to be truthful (and perhaps hopeful). This is a personal journey of reflection with a psalm which I invite you the reader to share if you will.'<br /> <br /> </p>