The Trauma of Racism

Womanists, post #3

Our Womanist group chose to process the integration of racism and trauma through reading Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God by Kelly Brown Douglas,¹ The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk,² and Trauma and Recovery by…

Trauma and Lament: Where Do We Go From Here?

Lamentation Station, post #3

It is easy to become cynical about the state of Christianity within America. The more one reads about the striking disparity between the ongoing systemic oppression for those with black/brown skin…

Fuster Cluck

post #3

We cannot make it through this life without enduring trauma. Though our marks and scars differ, the…

The Spirit in Our Guts

Post #3 by the Spacetime Travelers

Pilgrims who embark on a journey may have a sense of their destination, but the road will shape them in ways they cannot anticipate. As we reflect upon the journey we have taken with Jurgen Moltmann (1997) and Peter Levine…

“O Lord, Look at my Affliction”¹

Lament, Bodily Memory, and Literature, post #3

Our Journey Through Lament and Collective Trauma

Prophetic Lament and Cultural Trauma, post #3

Over the last few months we have journeyed together through the terrain of racial oppression in America, learning from Soong-Chan Rah, Michelle Alexander, and Grace M. Cho.¹…

Desiring Self: Life, Death, and Resurrection

The Feminist Group, post #3

Our group came into this project hoping to integrate our personal experiences of gender, trauma, and desire with the readings of Bonds of Love; Sex, God and the Conservative Church; and a group of…

Communal Remembering at the Intersection of Trauma and Body

Soma & Sarx, post #3

Together, we are a group of diverse bodies engaging in a mutual exploration of liberation theology, disability, queer, and Korean theologies. We felt drawn to explore our…

The Bride’s Forgetfulness

Gabes and the MDiv’s, post #3

Weary Trickle

post #3

“Finding a mission or meaning in trauma is life-giving in a way…

Moral Injury

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The damage done to one’s conscience or moral compass when that person perpetuates, witnesses, or fails to prevent acts that transgress their own moral and ethical values…

Bod Pod

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Throughout our reading of Fragments of the Spirit by Mark Wallace and The Unsayable by Annie Rogers, one of the primary themes we observed was that trauma is always expressed in some way. When trauma occurs, the language centres of the brain are impeded during the event — this…