03267cam a2200553Mu 4500 ocn798536275 OCoLC 20200709055546.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 120709s2012 xx o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng EBLCP OCLCO N$T 9781409441274 (electronic bk.) 140944127X (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)798536275 466028 (N$T) BV4596.A2 .S56 2012 REL 012110 bisacsh REL 070000 bisacsh 261.8327082 N$TA Shooter, Susan. How Survivors of Abuse Relate to God [electronic resource] : The Authentic Spirituality of the Annihilated Soul. Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2012. 1 online resource (225 p.) Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology Description based upon print version of record. Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction: What Lies Beneath; 2 Knocking at the Door: Presenting Issues; 3 Finding the Right Key: A Grounded Qualitative Design; 6 At Home with God: Marguerite Porete's Mirror; 7 The Authentic Spirituality of the Annihilated Soul; 8 What Lies Ahead: Conclusions and Implications; Epilogue; Bibliography; Author Index; Scripture Index; Subject Index; Grappling with theological issues raised by abuse, this book argues that the Church should be challenged, and ministered to, by survivors. Paying careful attention to her interviews with Christian women survivors, Shooter finds that through painful experiences of transformation they have surprisingly become potential agents of transformation for others. Shooter brings the survivors' narratives into dialogue with the story of Job and with medieval mystic Marguerite Porete's spirituality of 'annihilation'. Culminating in an engagement with contemporary feminist theology concerning power and powe. Abused women -- Religious life. Adult child abuse victims -- Religious life. Child sexual abuse -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Sexual abuse victims -- Religious life. Religion. Abused women Religious life. Adult child abuse victims Religious life. Sexual abuse victims Religious life. Child sexual abuse Religious aspects Christianity. RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues bisacsh RELIGION / Christianity / General bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Shooter, Susan How Survivors of Abuse Relate to God : The Authentic Spirituality of the Annihilated Soul Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd,c2012 9781409441267 Explorations in practical, pastoral, and empirical theology. http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=956303 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=466028 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL956303 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 51420 51420