About the Author

Karen O’Donnell is Academic Dean at Westcott House, Cambridge. A feminist, ecumenical, practical theologian, her interdisciplinary research interests span theology, spirituality, and pedagogy. She is the author of several books with SCM Press, including The Dark Womb, which was longlisted for the 2023 Michael Ramsey Prize.
Katie Cross is Christ’s College Teaching Fellow in Practical Theology at the University of Aberdeen. She is the author of The Sunday Assembly and Theologies of Suffering (forthcoming)

Reviews

“A remarkable book. It takes feminist theologies’ engagement with trauma to a whole new level. This groundbreaking collection promises to open minds, change lives, spark insight, reveal the ever-deepening fractures of trauma, and offer a glimpse of healing. Its feminist theologies at their best – pastoral, socially critically, activist, scholarly, bold, existentially engaged, and painfully, powerfully real.”
*Serene Jones, President, Union Theological Seminary*

"This wise and courageous set of essays represents a significant contribution to the field of feminist trauma theology. The powerful testimonies collected in this volume name the prevalence of traumatic suffering in church and society, as well as witnessing to the power of theology both to wound and to heal."
*Elaine Graham, Grosvenor Research Professor of Practical Theology at the University of Chester*