{"product_id":"incarnating-grace-a-theology-of-healing-from-sexual-trauma-9781531504724","title":"Incarnating Grace: A Theology of Healing from Sexual Trauma","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePrioritizes survivors of abuse by reexamining Christian ideals about suffering and salvation\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than half of women and almost one in three of men in the United States have experienced sexual violence at some time in their lives. Yet our Christian tradition has failed survivors of sexual violence, who have been taught to believe that traumatic suffering brings us closer to God. \u003ci\u003eIncarnat-ing Grace \u003c\/i\u003eattempts to save our broken ways of talking about God's grace by unearthing liberating resources buried in the Christian tradition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChristian ideas about salvation have historically contributed to sexual violence in our commu-nities by reinforcing the idea that suffering is salvific. But a God worth worshiping does not want human beings to suffer. Drawing on the sixteenth-century Spanish mystic Teresa of Avila as well as contemporary political and feminist theologians, philosophers, and legal scholars, author and Associ-ate Professor of theology Julia Feder offers an account of Christian salvation as mystical-political. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeder begins by describing the breadth of traumatic wounding and the shape of traumatic recovery, as articulated by psychologists. Since the fullness of post-traumatic healing requires reserves deeper than those which can be articulated by the secular field of psychology alone, the book then introduces the Spanish Carmelite Saint Teresa of Avila and her theological insights, which are most helpful for constructing a post-traumatic theology of healing. Arguing that God stands against violence and suffering, the book also examines the notion of \"senseless suffering,\" a technical term that comes from Edward Schillebeeckx, a Catholic twentieth-century Flemish priest and theologian. The suffering of sexual violence serves no higher purpose or greater human value and pushes against all ways of making sense of the world as good and orderly. In the following chapters, Feder turns to two Christian virtues that animate post-traumatic recovery, courage and hope, and explores how Christian hope can provide a language to empower courageous activity undertaken toward healing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIncarnating Grace \u003c\/i\u003eopens a new dialogue about salvation and violence that does not allow evil to have the last word.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15905425\"\u003eJulia Feder\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781531504724\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1531504728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL067020\"\u003eChristian Theology | Anthropology\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PSY\"\u003ePsychology\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PSY010000\"\u003ePsychotherapy | Counseling\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC060000\"\u003eSexual Abuse \u0026amp; Harassment\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Feder (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJulia Feder\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of theology at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. Her research focuses on theological anthropology, theologies of suffering, and human evolution. Her essays have been published in \u003ci\u003eTheological Studies, Horizons, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Moral Theology, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eJournal of Religion and Society\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnthropology News\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy, Theology, and the Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fordham University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44483334439149,"sku":"9781531504724","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_b8a31a8f-882a-413c-86b3-dfeea18735bc.jpg?v=1700772320","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/incarnating-grace-a-theology-of-healing-from-sexual-trauma-9781531504724","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}