Includes index.

Contents:

pt.1 Surveying the landscape

Dust in the blood

Depression as unhomelikeness

Popular Christian theologies of depression

Critiques of popular Christian theologies of depression

How (not) to talk about depression

pt. 2 Sketching new maps

Depression as a wilderness experience: theological foundations

Depression as an Hagaric wilderness

God and salvation in the wilderness of depression

Discipleship alongside depression sufferers

Conclusion: A wilderness within

"Through first-person narratives of depression, contemporary theologies of suffering, and ancient biblical tales of the wilderness, especially the story of Hagar, Coblentz argues for and contributes to an expansion of Christian ideas about what depression is, how God relates to it, and how Christians should understand and respond to depression in turn"