Trauma-sensitive theology: thinking theologically in the era of trauma

The intention of Trauma Sensitive Theology is to help theologians, professors, clergy, spiritual care givers, and therapists speak well of God and faith without further wounding survivors of trauma. It explores the nature of traumatic exposure, response, processing, and recovery and its impact on co...

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Main Author: Baldwin, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Eugene, Oregon Cascade Books, an imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers [2018]
In:Year: 2018
IxTheo Classification:RA Practical theology
RG Pastoral care
Further subjects:B Psychic trauma Religious aspects Christianity
B Post-traumatic stress disorder Religious aspects Christianity
B Psychic trauma Patients Pastoral counseling of
B Psychology, Religious
B Spiritual Healing
B Post-traumatic stress disorder Patients Religious life
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Summary:The intention of Trauma Sensitive Theology is to help theologians, professors, clergy, spiritual care givers, and therapists speak well of God and faith without further wounding survivors of trauma. It explores the nature of traumatic exposure, response, processing, and recovery and its impact on constructive theology and pastoral leadership and care. Through the lenses of contemporary traumatology, somatics, and the Internal Family Systems model of psychotherapy, the text offers a framework for seeing trauma and its impact in the lives of individuals, communities, society, and within our own sacred texts. It argues that care of traumatic wounding must include all dimensions of the human person, including our spiritual practices, religious rituals and community participation, and theological thinking. As such, clergy and spiritual care professionals have an important role to play in the recovery of traumatic wounding and fostering of resiliency. This book explores how trauma-informed congregational leaders can facilitate resiliency and offers one way of thinking theologically in response to traumatizing abuses of relational power and our resources for restoration.-Book cover
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-175)
ISBN:149829684X