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Sites of violence, sites of grace : Christian nonviolence and the traumatized self / Cynthia Hess.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hess, Cynthia, 1971-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nonviolence--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Nonviolence.
- Psychic trauma--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Psychic trauma.
- Church.
- Yoder, John Howard.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (178 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text offers a provocative reconstruction of Christian nonviolence in light of the interdisciplinary field of trauma studies. It analyzes the effects of traumatic violence and argues that Christian nonviolence must move beyond pacifism to include the creation of communities in which traumatized people can survive and flourish.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Nonviolence in the theology of John Howard Yoder
- Trauma and the fragmentation of the self
- Healing the traumatized self : theoretical perspectives
- Ecclesial relations and the healing of the self
- Performing the narratives of Jesus
- Enacting an eschatological identity.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-159) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-49350-7
- 9786612493508
- 0-7391-3083-8
- OCLC:
- 301351942
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