Spirit and Trauma

A Theology of Remaining
Author(s): Shelly Rambo, Catherine Keller
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S., United States
Imprint: Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S.
ISBN-13: 9780664235031, 978-0664235031

Synopsis

Rambo draws on contemporary studies in trauma to rethink a central claim of the Christian faith: that new life arises from death. Reexamining the narrative of the death and resurrection of Jesus from the middle day-liturgically named as Holy Saturday-she seeks a theology that addresses the experience of living in the aftermath of trauma. Through a reinterpretation of "remaining" in the Johannine Gospel, she proposes a new theology of the Spirit that challenges traditional conceptions of redemption. Offered, in its place, is a vision of the Spirit's witness from within the depths of human suffering to the persistence of divine love.