Spirit and Trauma: A Theology of Remaining

by Shelly Rambo, Catherine Keller (Foreword by)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611640816
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	09/02/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	176
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Shelly L. Rambo is Assistant Professor of Theology at Boston University School of Theology.

Table of Contents

Foreword Catherine Keller ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction 1

1 Witnessing Trauma 15

2 Witnessing Holy Saturday 45

3 Biblical Witness in the Gospel of John 81

4 Middle Spirit 111

5 Remaining, in Love 143

Index 173