Post-evangelical healing
Charles Marsh writes beautifully about the anxiety instilled by his childhood faith—and the therapy it took to overcome it.
trauma
Finding church after religious trauma
Brooke Petersen gathers the stories of eight queer Christians who left churches—and found new ones.
This life of faith can be a dusty one.
Lisa Sharon Harper’s memoir of the legacy of slavery
Fortune gives a wrenching account of intergenerational trauma and its costs.
Trauma and embodiment
Hillary McBride draws on psychology and theology to encourage us to befriend our bodies.
A landscape scarred by the trauma of eugenics
Elizabeth Catte traces the haunting history of forced sterilizations in Central Virginia.
My mother grew up in a violent home. But violence was not the totality of her life.
When everyone is traumatized, caregiving takes on new dimensions.
Are we trapped by the way others see us?
Brit Bennett’s novel explores racial passing, gender transition, and family trauma.
How dying churches abuse pastors
Gene Fowler examines why traumatized congregations so often attack their leaders.
Talking about God in the face of wounds that won’t go away
Take & read: Practical theology
New books that are shaping conversations about practical theology
Pastoral care that meets addiction at its source
Sonia Waters sees pain and trauma at the heart of this particular type of soul sickness.
In Luke’s postresurrection appearances, the disciples have to reckon with the traumatic somatic.
Trauma survivors are in your congregation. How will you help them heal?
Christy Gunter Sim, a trauma expert and domestic violence survivor, offers case studies for church leaders.