Spirit and trauma
Subtitle: a theology of remaining
By: Shelly Rambo.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Louisville, KY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780664235031
Subjects: Bible. -- N.T. -- John -- Theology; Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Psychic trauma -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Spiritual life -- Christianity; Holy Spirit -- Biblical teaching
Description: Rambo draws on contemporary studies in trauma to rethink a central claim of the Christian faith: that new life arises from death. Reexamining the narrative of the death and resurrection of Jesus from the middle day-liturgically named as Holy Saturday-she seeks a theology that addresses the experience of living in the aftermath of trauma. Through a reinterpretation of "remaining" in the Johannine Gospel, she proposes a new theology of the Spirit that challenges traditional conceptions of redemption. Offered, in its place, is a vision of the Spirit's witness from within the depths of human suffering to the persistence of divine love.--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Witnessing trauma; title: Witnessing the middle day; title: Biblical witness in the Gospel of John; title: Middle Spirit; title: Witnessing (beyond) redemption.