Trauma and grace : theology in a ruptured world / Serene Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Serene, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Post-traumatic stress disorder--Patients--Religious life.

Post-traumatic stress disorder.

Post-traumatic stress disorder--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Psychic trauma--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Psychic trauma.

Spiritual healing.

Psychology, Religious.

Suffering--Biblical teaching.

Suffering.

Physical Description:

xv, 175 pages ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Trauma + grace

Place of Publication:

Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, [2009]

Summary:

"Against the backdrop of this brief overview of what trauma theorists tell us about collective trauma and how we might experience it today, let me now ask: As we try to make meaning in the aftermath of collectively experienced traumatic events, what should be the work of the church? What are we to do as pastors and committed laypeople who seek to live and speak the gospel in the immediate and long-term aftermath of an eruption of violence ...?

Let me try one answer to that difficult question: The church is called, as it exists in this space of trauma, to engage in die crucial task of reordering the collective imagination of its people and to be wise and passionate in this task."

This substantive collection from noted scholar Serene Jones explores recent work in the field of trauma studies. Central to its overall theme is an investigation of the myriad ways both individual and collective violence affect one's capacity to remember, to act, and to love; how violence can challenge theological understandings of grace; and even how the traumatic experience of Jesus' death is remembered. The author focuses on the long-term effects of collective violence on abuse survivors, war veterans, and marginalized populations and the discrete ways in which grace and redemption may be exhibited in each context.

At the heart of each essay are two deeply interrelated faith claims that are central to Jones's understanding of Christian theology. First, we live in a world pro-foundly broken by violence. Second, God loves this world and desires that suffering be met by words of hope, of love, and of grace.

This timely and relevant cutting-edge book is the first trauma study to directly take into account theological issues.

Contents:

Traumatic faith

Trauma and grace : beginnings

9/11's Emmaus : gracing the disordered theological imagination

Soul anatomy : the healing acts of Calvin's Psalms

Cultural imaginings

The alluring cross

The mirrored cross

The unending cross

Ruptured redeemings

Sin, creativity, and the Christian life : Rachel and Mary in traumatic embrace

Hope deferred : theological reflections on reproductive loss

Mourning and wonder.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780664234102

0664234100

OCLC:

308214892