{"product_id":"incarnating-grace-a-theology-of-healing-from-sexual-trauma-paperback-softback-9781531504724","title":"Incarnating Grace; A Theology of Healing from Sexual Trauma (Paperback \/ softback) 9781531504724","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIncarnating Grace\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Theology of Healing from Sexual Trauma\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJulia Feder (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781531504724\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 7 November 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.372 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrioritizes survivors of abuse by reexamining Christian ideals about suffering and salvation\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e More than half of women and almost one in three of men in the United States have experienced sexual violence at some time in their lives. Yet our Christian tradition has failed survivors of sexual violence, who have been taught to believe that traumatic suffering brings us closer to God. \u003ci\u003eIncarnating Grace \u003c\/i\u003eattempts to save our broken ways of talking about God's grace by unearthing liberating resources buried in the Christian tradition.\u003cbr\u003e Christian ideas about salvation have historically contributed to sexual violence in our communities by reinforcing the idea that suffering is salvific. But a God worth worshiping does not want human beings to suffer. Drawing on the sixteenth-century Spanish mystic Teresa of Avila as well as contemporary political and feminist theologians, philosophers, and legal scholars, author and Associate Professor of theology Julia Feder offers an account of Christian salvation as mystical-political.\u003cbr\u003e Feder begins by describing the breadth of traumatic wounding and the shape of traumatic recovery, as articulated by psychologists. Since the fullness of post-traumatic healing requires reserves deeper than those which can be articulated by the secular field of psychology alone, the book then introduces the Spanish Carmelite Saint Teresa of Avila and her theological insights, which are most helpful for constructing a post-traumatic theology of healing. Arguing that God stands against violence and suffering, the book also examines the notion of \"senseless suffering,\" a technical term that comes from Edward Schillebeeckx, a Catholic twentieth-century Flemish priest and theologian. The suffering of sexual violence serves no higher purpose or greater human value and pushes against all ways of making sense of the world as good and orderly. In the following chapters, Feder turns to two Christian virtues that animate post-traumatic recovery, courage and hope, and explores how Christian hope can provide a language to empower courageous activity undertaken toward healing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIncarnating Grace \u003c\/i\u003eopens a new dialogue about salvation and violence that does not allow evil to have the last word.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword by Donna Freitas\u003c\/i\u003e   ix\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e: Saving Grace   1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1 \u003c\/b\u003eSalvation as Mystical-Political Healing   7\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2 \u003c\/b\u003eTeresa of Avila: A Saint for Survivors   27\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3 \u003c\/b\u003eTeresa's Embodied Anthropology   49\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4 \u003c\/b\u003eThe Survivor as Imago Dei: Created for Friendship   69\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5 \u003c\/b\u003eEdward Schillebeeckx's Theology of Suffering   90\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e6 \u003c\/b\u003eThe Story of Jesus and the Mystical-Political Shape of Salvation   103\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e7 \u003c\/b\u003eCourage in the Work of Posttraumatic Healing   122\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e8 \u003c\/b\u003eRecovery and Hope   152\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eConclusion\u003c\/b\u003e: A Theology of Healing   165\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/i\u003e  181\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes \u003c\/i\u003e  183\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex \u003c\/i\u003e  235\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681235824920,"sku":"9781531504724","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/incarnating-grace-a-theology-of-healing-from-sexual-trauma-paperback-softback-9781531504724","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}