Near and Far: Seeing Resurrection through Bodies of Trauma

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Positioned in front of a window on the 4th floor of The Seattle School is a telescope. It isn’t that the view of the mountains is lacking seen plainly from the window, but the…

The Groanings of a Mother

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To Know and be Known

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We are created in the image of God. God, in his very essence is in constant relationship with Jesus and the Holy Spirit. The Triune God is the greatest example of relationship. Because of this, we are created to be in relationship with God and…

Restoring God as Witness Through Literature

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Weary Trickle of Love

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“A human’s best chance at finding God is to look in the…

Moral Injury

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As we have continued to research and explore the concept and impact of moral injury, key themes regarding how theology and traumatology intersect. This paper will discuss these themes and how they may be a basis for an emerging theology that aims to inform the larger…

Eritque Arcus

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Trauma clouds faith. Faith quivers when a soul is shattered by shame and guilt. Many feel betrayed by a God they believed would protect and provide. Our group is engaged in a dialog of the manifestation of trauma in queer theology. Queers often feel rejected, shamed and…

Feminist Theology: The Desiring Self

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When our theology places emphasis on the male experience, there an inherent power differential is established that places women as an undervalued gender. As we have continued to explore the intersection of feminist theology and…

Moltmen

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When I think about the Holy Spirit working in the context of trauma, my dad’s story comes to mind. He is…

Lamentation Station

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A theological framework of lament necessitates an understanding of the trauma that is being lamented. For some trauma, Sophia Richman suggests that the process of lamentation and creative art both call participants into the full emotional experience. Despite…

The Wounds of Christ’s Bride

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In our previous entry, we posited two systems of seeing the Church as traumatized. The first of these systems is what we call local trauma. This system refers to the specific traumatization of branches of the Church. These…

Womanist Group

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Our group has been learning about trauma carried in the bodies of people of color and its impact…

Bod Pod

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In his book, Fragments of the Spirit,¹ Wallace presents a theology that exposes the arrogant stance of humans…

Recovering Justice through the Gospel

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Theology of Lyfe

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Our group discusses our distinct emerging theologies as it relates to Van Der Kolk’s traumatology in The Body Keeps the Score. From Queer theology, Found theology, theology of shame, agrarian thought and writings from Gregory of Nyssa, each of us explores how…