How Survivors of Abuse Relate to God - Shooter, Susan
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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…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
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 powerlessness, there emerges a set of principles for authentic community spirituality which crosses boundaries with God, supports appropriate human boundaries and, crucially, listens attentively. Appealing to Church leaders, students, practitioners and practical theologians, this book offers a creative and ethical theological enquiry as well as some spiritual anchor points for survivors.
Autorenporträt
Cornwall-based priest Susan Shooter is the author of the new historical novel 'The Hidden Mirror of La Porete'. After studying 'The Mirror of Simple Souls' during her PhD research at Kings College London, she felt a burning desire to make medieval mystic Marguerite Porete's story known to a wider audience. To keep her sane through the years it has taken for her to transition into writing fiction, Susan has knitted countless pairs of socks, kept an allotment and whilst growing her organic fruit and veg, has spent the occasional sunny afternoon in her hammock. Her next novel will cover a subject closer to home: the story of her father's escape from Hungary as a teenager at the end of World War II. Susan's first book 'How Survivors of Abuse Relate to God' ((c) Routledge, 2016) was based on her doctoral thesis, and she has published work in journals on practical theology. In 2019 she gave the inaugural lecture for The Bible, Gender And Research Centre, Cliff College, Derbyshire.