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How Survivors of Abuse Relate to God : the Authentic Spirituality of the Annihilated Soul /

Grappling with theological issues raised by abuse, this book argues that the Church should be challenged, and ministered to, by survivors. Paying careful attention to her interviews with Christian women survivors, Shooter finds that through painful experiences of transformation they have surprisingl...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shooter, Susan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2012.
Series:Explorations in practical, pastoral, and empirical theology.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Grappling with theological issues raised by abuse, this book argues that the Church should be challenged, and ministered to, by survivors. Paying careful attention to her interviews with Christian women survivors, Shooter finds that through painful experiences of transformation they have surprisingly become potential agents of transformation for others. Shooter brings the survivors' narratives into dialogue with the story of Job and with medieval mystic Marguerite Porete's spirituality of 'annihilation'. Culminating in an engagement with contemporary feminist theology concerning power and powe.
Physical Description:1 online resource (225 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-189) and indexes.
ISBN:9781409441274
140944127X
9781280877001
1280877006
1317120760
9781317120766
1317120752
9781317120759
9786613718310
6613718319