Living Free in an Anxious World : What Your

Dr. R. Lanny Hunter and Pastor Victor L. Hunter offer a thoughtful and practical guide to understanding anxiety through the eyes of both medicine and faith, so that all of us who struggle with these issues can choose life over worry.

R. Lanny Hunter and Victor L. Hunter are two brothers who have struggled with anxiety, but they have been able to draw on their professional experiences and academic expertise to find more satisfying answers. As a doctor, Lanny has looked deeply into the biological reasons for worry; as a pastor, Vic has considered the spiritual dimensions of the same. For years, Lanny and Vic have been sharing their joint wisdom on this topic with patients, congregation members, and conference attendees. In Living Free in an Anxious World, they bring their insights to the page, offering readers this thoughtful and practical guide to understanding anxiety through the eyes of both medicine and faith, so that all of us who struggle with these issues can choose life over paralyzing worry.

Introduction: Attending to Anxiety: Through the Eyes of a Doctor and Pastor	p. 11
Human Limitations and Cosmic Lamentations: People are Worriers	p. 17
Cultural Diagnosis and Clarifying Definitions: Voices from an Anxious World	p. 27
The Science of Worry and Anxiety: What's Distinctive about Humans?	p. 41
Worried Sick: The Pathology of Worry and Anxiety	p. 51
Handling Ordinary Worry: Training Yourself for Healing	p. 59
Managing Destructive Worry: General Principles	p. 69
Managing Destructive Worry: Western Therapy	p. 75
Managing Destructive Worry: Complementary and Alternative Therapy	p. 91
Anxiety and Religion: The Humanity of Longing	p. 99
Refraining Religious Understanding: Finding New Beginnings	p. 111
Finding Freedom: The Courage to Take Risks	p. 125
Becoming Ourselves: Non-Anxious Worry and Liberated Living	p. 137
Epilogue: Walk On: The Freedom March as Metaphor	p. 151
Sources and Suggestions for Further Reading	p. 155
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Living Free in an Anxious World : What Your Doctor and Pastor Want You to Know about Worry

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