Supporting Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse A Mimetic Theory Approach for the Local Church
Heftet /
2020
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781785925016
Publisert
2020-08-21
Utgiver
Vendor
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Vekt
220 gr
Høyde
228 mm
Bredde
150 mm
Dybde
12 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, U, P, 01, 05, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
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Heftet
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Foreword by
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Om bidragsyterne
Catherine Beaumont works for a small Leeds-based charity. She has recently completed a doctorate at the University of Durham.
Offering a model of care that the church can use with survivors of sexual abuse, this supportive book is backed up by René Girard's Mimetic Theory throughout.The book proposes that the treatment survivors receive in churches could be greatly improved if instead of adding to a survivor's sense of guilt, difference or isolation or trying to change survivors' thoughts, feelings or behaviour they adopt the role of God as benevolent other. It shows that by adopting these beliefs churches can move past unintentional scapegoating of sexual abuse survivors and into a healing community where survivors feel included on churchgoers' journeys towards health and wholeness.
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For anyone engaged in pastoral theology or church leadership, this supportive book shows how churches can change behaviour towards adult survivors of sexual abuse to foster more healing communities and help survivors on their way to health and wholeness. Based on real life experiences, the successful case studies offered provide hope and guidance.
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Foreword - Christopher Cook; 1. Introduction; 2. The Scapegoat; 3. Mad, Bad or Possessed; 4. No Condemnation; 5. Renewal; 6. Possession; 7. Vindication in Practice; 8. Towards a New Creation
Too often churches confuse healing with conformity, pastoral care with the prescription of ideals, and located the problem with the survivor, not the community. Catherine Beaumont's stunning intervention shows how the problem is collectively owned in ways which stem from our rivalry with God and each other, and why support must begin in non-rivalrous love. Experientially, theoretically, and lovingly driven, this book should shape how we think about church.
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An in-depth psychological exploration at what churches can do to better support adult survivors of sexual abuse
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781785925016
Publisert
2020-08-21
Utgiver
Vendor
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Vekt
220 gr
Høyde
228 mm
Bredde
150 mm
Dybde
12 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, U, P, 01, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Forfatter
Foreword by
Illustratør