xxvii, 199 pages ; 22 cm
This ground-breaking collection from noted scholar Serene Jones explores recent work in the field of trauma studies. In this new edition, Jones offers a new introduction that discusses what has changed since the first edition. In addition, new chapters include a conversation between Jones and Douglas on trauma and race and questions and answers by Jones that dig deep into the practical aspects of trauma theory and grace. Central to its overall theme is an investigation of how 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. Jones 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: (1) we live in a world profoundly broken by violence, and (2) God loves this world and desires that suffering be met by words of hope, love, and grace--from back cover
Includes bibliographical references

Trauma and Grace, 2nd Edition

Serene Jones

Presbyterian Publishing Corporation

Geneva Press

United States, United States of America

Mar 12, 2019

Source title: Trauma and Grace, Second Edition: Theology in a Ruptured World

Traumatic faith -- Trauma and grace-beginnings -- 9/11's Emmaus : gracing the disordered theological imagination -- Soul anatomy : the healing acts of Calvin's Psalms -- Crucified imaginings -- The alluring cross -- The mirrored cross -- The unending cross -- Ruptured redeemings -- Sin, creativity, and the Christian life -- Hope deferred : reproductive loss -- Mourning and wonder

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 how individual and collective violence affect ones capacity to remember, to act, and to love; how violence can challenge theological understandings of grace; and even how the...

2023-06-28