Spirit and Trauma: A Theology of Remaining

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.

• | Author: Shelly Rambo
• | Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• | Publication Date: September 02, 2010
• | Number of Pages: 176 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0664235034
• | ISBN-13: 9780664235031