A womanist pastoral theology against intimate and cultural violence
By: Stephanie M. Crumpton
Series: Black religion/womanist thought/social justice; Black religion, womanist thought, social justice
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781137378132
Subjects: Black theology; Womanist theology; Schwarze Theologie; Violence; Feministische Theologie; Christianity; Religion; African Americans; Feminist theology; Seelsorge
Description: A Womanist Pastoral Theology Against Intimate and Cultural Violence is about Black women's search for relationships and encounters that support healing from intimate and cultural violence. The text is shaped around hearing Black women who teach readers that self-recovery from childhood sexual abuse, incest, molestation, rape, and partner violence isn't just about the offense. It is also about recovering from a culture that normalizes violence against Black women in a particular way. Firsthand narratives provide an ethnographic snapshot of how women encounter intimate violence, while the text also raises concerns over dominant existing care paradigms in relation to how Black women approach healing. Major emphasis is placed on the role of interrogative spirituality as a resource in healing from the traumas of intimate and cultural violence. Womanist Pastoral theology and Self Psychology inform recommendations for congregation-based communal support, and pastoral psychotherapeutic options for care. (Publisher).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-199) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: I can speak (the unspeakable) for myself; title: Navigating the hostile terrain of intimate and cultural violence; title: A God I recognize; title: WomanistCare: Reshaping images and paradigms for care; title: Womanist pastoral counseling: Clinical considerations.