From Hurt to Healing
Subtitle: A Theology of the Wounded
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Published: November 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780687038817
Subjects: Christian social thought & activity; Religion; Forgiveness; Religion - Theology; Theology; Christian Church - Church Administration; Christian Theology - Ecclesiology; Christianity - Theology - Ecclesiology; Christianity; Healing; Interpersonal relations; Religious aspects
Description: "Look around at any gathering, whether it be a sporting event, a civic meeting, or a worship service, and you will likely see representatives of two groups of people. On one hand there will be someone who has caused grievous harm to another person by physical mistreatment, emotional abuse, sexual victimization, violence, or any number of other ways. On the other hand will be those who have been harmed by these same evils. While the two groups are inextricably linked, and while it is far too often the case that an individual can be both abused and abuser, nonetheless the two groups stand before God with very different sets of needs." "In Christian theology, however, we have approached these very different sets of personal situations with one vocabulary and one solution. Andrew Sung Park argues that it is time for the church and its theology to face this issue and work toward its remedy. It is time to give a name to the suffering of those who have been sinned against and to seek their healing."--BOOK JACKET.