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  • Resurrecting Wounds

    Living in the Afterlife of Trauma

    by Shelly Rambo ...
    The Gospel of John's account of doubting Thomas is often told as a lesson about the veracity and triumph of Christian faith. And yet it is a story about wounds. Interpretations of this Gospel narrative, by focusing on Christ's victory in the resurrection, reflect Christianity's unease with the wounds that remain on the body of the risen Jesus. By returning readers to this familiar passage, ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Spirit and Trauma

    A Theology of Remaining

    by Shelly Rambo ...
    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 ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Sustaining Spirits on an Open Sea

    A Constructive Theology of Divine Presence

    by Shelly Rambo ...
    Offering a theology of accompaniment grounded in the lived wisdom of chaplainsChaplains meet people at the most difficult thresholds of life. In hospitals, universities, prisons, and other public settings, they accompany those facing grief, trauma, illness, uncertainty, and loss. Their work rarely offers easy explanations. Instead, it depends on attention and a commitment to remain present when ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

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  • Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care in the Twenty-First Century

    An Introduction

    Edited by Wendy Cadge, Shelly Rambo ...
    Wendy Cadge and Shelly Rambo demonstrate the urgent need, highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic, to position the long history and practice of chaplaincy within the rapidly changing landscape of American religion and spirituality. This book provides a much-needed road map for training and renewing chaplains across a professional continuum that spans major sectors of American society, including ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

  • Post-Traumatic Public Theology

    Edited by Stephanie N. Arel, Shelly Rambo ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book imagines new modes of religious response to trauma, moving beyond simple answers to the ‘why’ of human suffering toward discussions of profound expressions of faith in the aftermath of trauma. Engaging current realities such as war, race, and climate change, chapters feature specific locations from which theology is done and draw on the resources of Christian faith in order to respond. ... Read more

    $218.99 CAD

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  • Anxious Experts

    Disaster Response and Spiritual Care from 9/11 to the Climate Crisis

    by Joshua Moses ...
    Series series Critical Studies in Risk and Disaster
    In this age of near-perpetual disaster, from the Coronavirus epidemic and mass incarceration to hurricanes and earthquakes, spiritual care has become an essential component of the disaster-response toolkit. In Experts in the Age of Anxiety, Joshua Moses chronicles the rise of disaster-related spiritual expertise in the years following the attacks of 9/11. What emerges are approaches to trauma that ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Doing Theology in Pandemics

    Facing Viruses, Violence, and Vitriol

    Edited by Zachary Moon ...
    The COVID-19 era will be remembered not only for the tragic global public health crisis, but also for the continued police violence against persons of color, the courageous activism that continues to rise up to confront racialized violence in all its forms, and the perpetuation of white nationalist rhetoric from the highest government elected offices. Everywhere we look, we find trauma and pain, ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Professional Spiritual & Pastoral Care

    A Practical Clergy and Chaplain's Handbook

    Edited by Rabbi Stephen B. Roberts, MBA, MHL, BCJC ...
    The first comprehensive resource for spiritual and pastoral caregivers—a vital resource for clergy, seminarians, chaplains, pastoral counselors and caregivers of all faith traditions.This essential resource integrates the classic foundations of pastoral care with the latest approaches to spiritual care. It is specifically intended for professionals who work or spend time with congregants in acute ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Love Thy Body

    Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality

    by Nancy Pearcey ...
    Why the Call to Love Thy Body?To counter the hostility toward the human body and biological facts of life driving many of today's headline stories. Many people absorb pre-packaged media mantras on watershed moral issues without being aware of their hurtful real-world implications. Consider:● Transgenderism: Activists detach gender from biology. Kids down to kindergarten are being taught their body ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • Soul Searching : The Religious And Spiritual Lives Of American Teenagers

    The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers

    by Christian Smith Melina Lundquist Denton ...
    In innumerable discussions and activities dedicated to better understanding and helping teenagers one aspect of teenage life is curiously overlooked. Very few such efforts pay serious attention to the role of religion and spirituality in the lives of American adolescents. But many teenagers are very involved in religion. Surveys reveal that 35% attend religious services weekly and another 15% ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • Big Gods

    How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict

    by Ara Norenzayan ...
    How did human societies scale up from small, tight-knit groups of hunter-gatherers to the large, anonymous, cooperative societies of today--even though anonymity is the enemy of cooperation? How did organized religions with "Big Gods"--the great monotheistic and polytheistic faiths--spread to colonize most minds in the world? In Big Gods, Ara Norenzayan makes the surprising and provocative ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • The Missing Myth

    A New Vision of Same-Sex Love

    by Gilles Herrada ...
    If homosexual behavior is an aberration from the standpoint of reproduction, why is it widespread among humans, primates, and a myriad of other animal species, and why has it been favored by evolution? And if homosexuality is considered a moral problem based on religious beliefs, why were more homosexuals exterminated under the brief reigns of such secular regimes as the Communists and the Nazis ... Read more

    $14.08 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus