Spirit and Trauma: A Theology of Remaining

by Shelly Rambo

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664235034
• ISBN13: 9780664235031
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"