Kathryn Tanner Blog

Ending… and Remaining

For our final post, each of us will share a few words of reflection around our our experience of the discussion groups last week, as well as the broader work we engaged in around theology and trauma this term. Focusing our thoughts is the two-part question: With a wound, what is it to…

To Speak of Sorrow Works Upon it

A Beautiful Mess

For the last ten weeks or so, I have been trying to put my finger on something — a vague impression I have felt in the…

a word on eschatology: “the end” of presenting bodies as spiritual worship

Lamenting Fractured Memories

“It is a strange thing that all the memories have these two qualities. They are always full of quietness…

Who lives? Who dies? Who tells your story?

Vulnerability, Lacunae, & Grace

What would it mean for us to bring who we are to church? This question feels vaguely uncomfortable —…

As the body groans, so does the Spirit

Trauma + Theology: Tannerites meet van der Kolk

Bessel van der Kolk opens his book with stories of Vietnam veterans and their experience of PTSD. For many, trauma becomes a source of meaning for survivors. This meaning is manifested in the automatic physical…