Remembering Rape in Heaven: A Constructive Proposal for Memory and the Eschatological Self
This article offers a theological account of traumatic memory in order to assert that memories have a profound impact upon the eschatological self. It develops this argument first by drawing on resources from trauma theory and feminist philosophy to explain the nature and function of memory. It then...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2021
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Modern theology
Year: 2021, Volume: 37, Issue: 3, Pages: 662-678 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Eschatology
/ Trauma
/ Experience
/ Self
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| IxTheo Classification: | NBE Anthropology NBQ Eschatology ZD Psychology |
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| Summary: | This article offers a theological account of traumatic memory in order to assert that memories have a profound impact upon the eschatological self. It develops this argument first by drawing on resources from trauma theory and feminist philosophy to explain the nature and function of memory. It then explores what is at stake in theological constructions that advocate for the erasure of memory in the eschaton—such as the one advocated for by Miroslav Volf—suggesting that such proposals are theologically tenuous and also inflict injustice upon survivors of sexual trauma. In the final section, it explores Marilyn McCord Adams’s understanding of how God responds to horrendous evils in order to offer an alternative eschatological vision of the self. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-0025 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Modern theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/moth.12651 |