Testimony and Trauma: Making Space for Healing

Amanda Hontz Drury

doi:10.5771/9781978707726

Summary

Jesus’ crucifixion was a traumatic event. After Jesus’ resurrection, the disciples were both astonished and terrified—Jesus was no longer dead, but the wounds from the crucifixion were still etched in his body. The return of Jesus was supposed to be a joyous occasion, but the trauma of the weekend's events nevertheless creeped into the space following the resurrection. The resurrection story is one of betrayal, denial, beatings, public rejection, humiliation, and execution. Experiences like this do not disappear from memory. Christ has died, Christ is risen, but trauma will come again. Testimony and Trauma explores the Christian practice of testimony through the lens of articulation theory in order to facilitate healing.

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Edition: 1/2021
Copyright Year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-9787-0771-9
ISBN-Online: 978-1-9787-0772-6
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 108
Product Type: Monograph

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
1. Clarifying the Concepts: Events No access
2. Clarifying the Concepts: Articulation No access
3. Clarifying the Concepts: Recognition No access
4. Conclusion: A Story of Recognition No access
5. Notes No access
1. Limitations with Holy Saturday No access
2. Traumatic Tuesday No access
3. Notes No access
1. Recognition in Depth No access
2. What Recognition Is Not No access
3. Notes No access
Theological Interlude 2: Feeding the Enemy No access Pages 47 - 48
1. The Traumatic Event No access
2. Jacob Goes to Counseling No access
3. Trauma and the Brain No access
4. Fight, Flight, or Freeze No access
5. Trauma and Triggers No access
6. Jacob Goes to School No access
7. Trauma and Testimony No access
8. Conclusion No access
9. Notes No access
1. The Event No access
2. The Search for Successful Grieving and “Compassionate Others” No access
3. The Unrecognized Self No access
4. Recognizing Herself in Others No access
5. The Expiration of Articulation No access
6. The Articulation of Others No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. Notes No access
1. Sharing Stories No access
2. Recognizing Limits No access
3. Conclusion No access
4. Notes No access
Conclusion No access Pages 99 - 104
Index No access Pages 105 - 108