Part I: Jesus and the call to follow -- Jesus' God forsakenness -- Embracing the cross -- Part 2: The night's role -- Learning to know God -- Feeling abandoned -- Receiving God -- Emerging into the dawn -- Responding to the night -- Part 3: The night's other appearances -- The dark night in vocation -- The dark night in families -- The dark night in groups -- Part 4: The night's conversions -- Faith in the face of suffering -- New friendship with God and creation -- Countercultural mission
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-216)