Tragedies and Christian Congregations: The Practical Theology of Trauma

1. Rauma : The Presenting Issue.....11
After the Fire, the Voice of God: Speaking of God after Tragedy and Trauma......13
Practical Theology and Trauma : The Urgency of Experience the Power of Story .......28
2. Trauma is in the Body ..............45
Working with an Embodied and Systemic Approach to Trauma and Tragedy........47
Toward a Faith-Based Approach to Healing after collective trauma ...........64
3. Theological Explorations .......79
Trauma through the Lens of the Bible ........81
An Evangelical Practical theology of Providence in the Light of traumatic incidents .........92
In spite of all this we will yearn for you .....106
Trauma and the narrative life of Congregations.............122
Responding to disaster in an Afro-caribbean congregation ........134
4. Liturgical Response ...........147
Enabling the work of the people : Liturgy in the aftermath of Trauma ...........149
Teach to your daughters a dirge: Revisiting the practice of lament in the Light of Trauma theory ..........167
Eucharist and Trauma : Healing in the B.Body .....182
5. Pastoral Resoures ............195
Pastoral Resopnse to Congregational Tragedy......197
The Ethics of Disaster Response.......211
Chaplaincy and Responses to Tragedy......223
Sexual Scandals in Religious Settings .......239
6. Implications for care and Self-Care of Ministers .........257
Annotated interview with Sarah Horsman.......259