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Post-Traumatic Public Theology

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Editors:
  1. Stephanie N. Arel

    1. Boston University, Stamford, USA

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  2. Shelly Rambo

    1. Boston University, Boston, USA

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  • Makes a significant contribution to the emerging literature on trauma and theology
  • Offers a topical approach that discusses and makes use of important issues in contemporary society
  • Engages with visions of human nature, suffering, and hope that often go unexamined within contexts of trauma

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Shelly Rambo
    Pages 1-21

  3. War Bodies: Remembering Bodies in a Time of War

    • Willie James Jennings
    Pages 23-35

  4. Trauma, Reality, and Eucharist

    • Bryan Stone
    Pages 37-62

  5. Running the Gauntlet of Humiliation: Disablement in/as Trauma

    • Sharon V. Betcher
    Pages 63-88

  6. The Trauma of Racism and the Distorted White Imagination

    • Dan Hauge
    Pages 89-114

  7. “Serving the Spirit of Goodness”: Spiritual and Theological Responses to Affliction in the Writings of St. John of the Cross and Louise Erdrich

    • Wendy Farley
    Pages 115-134

  8. Elegy for a Lost World

    • Mark Wallace
    Pages 135-154

  9. The Virtual Body of Christ and the Embrace of those Traumatized by Cancer

    • Deanna A. Thompson
    Pages 155-172

  10. Examining Restorative Justice: Theology, Traumatic Narratives, and Affective Responsibility

    • Stephanie N. Arel
    Pages 173-191

  11. 9/11 Changed Things: The (Post-Traumatic) Religious Studies Classroom

    • Katherine Janiec Jones
    Pages 193-216

  12. “La Mano Zurda with a Heart in Its Palm”: Mystical Activism as a Response to the Trauma of Immigration Detention

    • Susanna Snyder
    Pages 217-240

  13. Taking Matter Seriously: Material Theopoetics in the Aftermath of Communal Violence

    • Michelle A. Walsh
    Pages 241-265

  14. Traumas of Belonging: Imagined Communities of Nation, Religion, and Gender in Modernity

    • Susan Abraham
    Pages 267-290

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 291-312
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About this book

This book imagines new modes of religious response to trauma, moving beyond simple answers to the ‘why’ of human suffering toward discussions of profound expressions of faith in the aftermath of trauma. Engaging current realities such as war, race, and climate change, chapters feature specific locations from which theology is done and draw on the resources of Christian faith in order to respond. This volume recognizes religious leaders as first-responders to trauma and offers theological reflections that can stand up in the current realities of violence and its aftermath. The writings provide models for how to integrate the language of faith with the literature of trauma.

Reviews

“This was an enjoyable book to read. I liked how each author of the essays was able to take their own topic and run with it. There is so much trauma in the world and we often do not know how to deal with it. Hopefully, this book … will help us learn more about dealing with trauma.” (Justin Dilliplane, Resolved for Christ, resolvedfc.blogspot.de, January, 2018)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Boston University, Stamford, USA

    Stephanie N. Arel

  • Boston University, Boston, USA

    Shelly Rambo

About the editors

Stephanie N. Arel earned her PhD from Boston University’s School of Theology, USA, and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for the Bio-cultural Study of Religion at Boston University. She holds a certificate in trauma modalities for clinical treatment from the New York Institute for the Psychotherapies, USA. Her research focuses on trauma, shame, and Christian formation.





Shelly Rambo is Associate Professor of Theology at Boston University School of Theology, USA. She is author of Spirit and Trauma: A Theology of Remaining. Her current book project, Resurrecting Wounds: Living in the Afterlife of Trauma, re-approaches the meaning of resurrection in Christian theology in light of the reality of post-traumatic wounding.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Post-Traumatic Public Theology

  • Editors: Stephanie N. Arel, Shelly Rambo

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40660-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-40659-6Published: 11 November 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82148-1Published: 27 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-40660-2Published: 02 November 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 312

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Christian Theology, Religion and Health

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