Empowerment and Transformation: Correlating John of the Cross and Judith Herman for Trauma Healing
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Heather M. DuBois
Abstract
The Christian spiritual practice of John of the Cross and the trauma recovery practice of Judith Herman both employ relational theories of healing change. This is a constructive claim that aims to facilitate greater communication between religious and secular approaches to trauma. It is demonstrated through emphases on two dynamics that can increase knowledge and love of self and others, namely empowerment and a three-fold, open-ended process of transformation. Correlating John’s collected works and Herman’s classic Trauma and Recovery, this essay gathers wisdom for healing vulnerable relational selves.
Zusammenfassung
Dieser Aufsatz korreliert die geistliche Praxis des Johannes vom Kreuz mit dem Ansatz der Traumatherapie nach Judith Herman. Er geht der These nach, dass beide Denker*innen die Heilung von Traumata als einen relationalen Prozess auffassen. Der Dialog zwischen den exemplarischen religiösen und säkularen Zugängen trägt daher zu einem tieferen Verständnis der zugrundeliegenden menschlichen Dynamiken bei, wie die Autorin an den Begriffen Empowerment und Transformation erläutert.
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- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Research Articles
- Vorwort
- Wilhelm Gräb (1948–2023)
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- Decentering the Human in Practical Theologies of Care: An EARTH Method
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- Research Report
- For the Sake of the Church
- Book Reviews
- Kirstine Helboe Johansen and Ulla Schmidt (eds.), Practice, Practice Theory and Theology. Scandinavian and German Perspectives, Practical Theology in the Discourse of the Humanities, Vol. 28, Berlin/Boston (DeGruyter) 2022, 286 pp., ISBN 9783110743760, €99.95
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- Hans-Ulrich Probst, Fußball als Religion? Eine lebensweltanalytische Ethnographie, Bielefeld (transcript) 2022, 343 pp., ISBN 9783837661101, €48.00
- Wendy Cadge and Shelly Rambo (eds.), Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care in the Twenty-first Century: An Introduction (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press), 2022, 320pp., ISBN 978-1-4696-6760-7, $24.95.
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Research Articles
- Vorwort
- Wilhelm Gräb (1948–2023)
- Is the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines Turning Dark Green? Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines’ Environmentalism from Anti-Mining to Climate Crisis Response
- Decentering the Human in Practical Theologies of Care: An EARTH Method
- Meaning-Making Mechanisms on the Boundary between Religion and Sports
- My Body is Where I Exist: Poverty, Disability, and Embodied Resistance as a Theology of Practice
- The Learning of “Integration” in Theological Field Education: A Grounded Theory Study in the Experience of Hong Kong Theological Students
- Empowerment and Transformation: Correlating John of the Cross and Judith Herman for Trauma Healing
- Research Report
- For the Sake of the Church
- Book Reviews
- Kirstine Helboe Johansen and Ulla Schmidt (eds.), Practice, Practice Theory and Theology. Scandinavian and German Perspectives, Practical Theology in the Discourse of the Humanities, Vol. 28, Berlin/Boston (DeGruyter) 2022, 286 pp., ISBN 9783110743760, €99.95
- Darren J. Dias, Jaroslav Z. Skira, Michael S. Attridge, Gerard Mannion (eds.), The Church, Migration, and Global (In)Difference, Cham, Switzerland (Palgrave Macmillan) 2021, 419pp., ISBN 978-3-030-54225-2, $132.82
- Hans-Ulrich Probst, Fußball als Religion? Eine lebensweltanalytische Ethnographie, Bielefeld (transcript) 2022, 343 pp., ISBN 9783837661101, €48.00
- Wendy Cadge and Shelly Rambo (eds.), Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care in the Twenty-first Century: An Introduction (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press), 2022, 320pp., ISBN 978-1-4696-6760-7, $24.95.
