Acknowledgements
1. Trauma in Bodies, in Memories, and in Theology
2. The Eucharist as Non-Identical Repetition: What is Being
Re-Membered at the Altar?
3. Christ is One: The Unity of the Body in the Theology of Cyril of
Alexandria
Rupture
4. Priesthood
5. Sacrifice
6. The Materiality of the Eucharist
7. Trauma and Sacrament
8. Body: A Love Story
Further Reading
Bibliography
Index of Biblical References
Index of Names and Subjects
Dr Karen O'Donnell is Coordinator for the Centre for Contemporary Spirituality and Programme Leader for the MA in Christian Spirituality at Sarum College.
"This extraordinarily powerful book does not retreat from the
blood, loss and deathliness sewn into Christian theologies across
the ages. Nonetheless, it also insists on their transformative
potential and capacity to bring new light to experiences of trauma
and its aftermath today. O'Donnell's is a bold new voice in
constructive theology."
*Susannah Cornwall, Exeter University, UK*
"... follows the good feminist practice of starting from one’s own
experience, and using that experience as one of the measures for
all matters under consideration – in this case, the Annunciation
and Incarnation, the Eucharist, and the Trinity. But that does not
mean that the book is light on scholarship. On the contrary, it is
in part an exercise in ressourcement, drawing on the work of early
Christian authors in order to understand the somatic character of
Church life and Christian doctrine. The book is also deeply
compassionate, and thus has a pastoral orientation. And as a
Mariologist, I shall certainly use it as a text for discussion with
students."
*Sarah Jane Boss*
At once both scholarly and heartfelt, this book makes innovative
use of traditions of the Eucharist and of the Virgin Mary in ways
that shed important light on the developing theology of trauma.
Karen O'Donnell's book bears helpfully on doctrinal, liturgical and
also pastoral issues. Warmly recommended.
*Christopher Southgate*
'This is an astonishing book: read it and be changed.'
*James Woodward, Principal of Sarum College*
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