Theology and Trauma

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Trauma and its aftermath is an all-too-present reality in our culture and within Christian congregations. 'Trauma' and its clinical correlate, post-traumatic stress disorder, have also become increasingly common modes of description within pastoral theology, cultural studies, and mental health practice. In this course we will focus on how congregations (and pastors in particular) can helpfully and faithfully care for survivors of trauma, not only through close attention to the lived reality of traumatic disruption but also through critical consideration of the way that 'trauma' functions as an interpretive category which can both aid and hinder theological narration