The Trauma of Doctrine: New Calvinism, Religious Abuse, and the Experience of God

Paul Maxwell

doi:10.5771/9781978704244

Summary

The Trauma of Doctrine is a theological investigation into the effects of abuse trauma upon the experience of Christian faith, the psychological mechanics of these effects, their resonances with Christian Scripture, and neglected research-informed strategies for cultivating post-traumatic resilience. Paul Maxwell examines the effect that the Calvinist belief can have upon the traumatized Christian who negatively internalizes its superlative doctrines of divine control and human moral corruption, and charts a way toward meaningful spiritual recovery.

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Edition: 1/2021
Copyright Year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-9787-0423-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-9787-0424-4
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 362
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Abstract No access
3. Foreword No access
4. Preface No access
5. Acknowledgments No access
6. Abbreviations No access
7. List of Illustrations No access
8. List of Acronyms No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 14
1. Chapter 1 Maximalist Conceptions of Divine Control and Human Corruption No access
2. Chapter 2 The Unique Obstacle of Reformed Theodicy No access
1. Chapter 3 The Imagination and Its Operations No access
2. Chapter 4 Faith and the Imagination No access
3. Chapter 5 How Trauma Works No access
4. Chapter 6 Trauma in the Religious Imagination No access
1. Chapter 7 Perseverance and Resilience No access
2. Chapter 8 Passive Pistic Resilience No access
3. Chapter 9 Active Pistic Resilience No access
1. Chapter 10 The Traumatized Christian and the Reformed Community No access
2. Chapter 11 Recovering a Sanctified Notion of Personal Autonomy No access
3. Chapter 12 Autonomy in Community No access
Conclusion No access Pages 303 - 312
Bibliography No access Pages 313 - 354
Index No access Pages 355 - 360
About the Author No access Pages 361 - 362