Trauma and Lived Religion: Transcending the Ordinary

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This book focuses on the power of the ‘ordinary’, ‘everydayness’ and ‘embodiment’ as keys to exploring the intersection of trauma and the everyday reality of religion. It critically investigates traumatic experiences from a perspective of lived religion, and therefore, examines how trauma is articulated and lived in the foreground of people’s concrete, material actualities. Trauma and Lived Religion seeks to demonstrate the vital relevance between the concept of lived religion and the study of trauma, and the reciprocal relationship between the two. A central question in this volume therefore focuses on the key dimensions of body, language, memory, testimony, and ritual. It will be of interest to academics in the fields of sociology, psychology, and religious studies with a focus on lived religion and trauma studies, across various religions and cultural contexts. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Trauma and Lived Religion: Embodiment and Emplotment (Srdjan Sremac, R. Ruard Ganzevoort)....Pages 1-11 Front Matter ....Pages 13-13 Torture and Lived Religion: Practices of Resistance (Kathryn House)....Pages 15-44 Disgust, Shame, and Trauma: The Visceral and Visual Impact of Touch (Stephanie N. Arel)....Pages 45-70 Front Matter ....Pages 71-71 Significance of the “Visceral” in Lived Religion Studies of Trauma (Michelle A. Walsh)....Pages 73-93 Traumics: The Church and Trauma in Comic Book Format (Maike Schult)....Pages 95-109 Front Matter ....Pages 111-111 The Function of Religion in the Context of Re-Experiencing Trauma: Analyzing a Case Study with the Concepts of Transformational and Transitional Object (Hanneke Schaap-Jonker)....Pages 113-127 Trauma in Relationship—Healing by Religion: Restoring Dignity and Meaning After Traumatic Experiences (Mariéle Wulf)....Pages 129-151 Front Matter ....Pages 153-153 Lived Religion and the Traumatic Impact of Sexual Abuse: The Sodalicio Case in Peru (Rocio Figueroa Alvear, David Tombs)....Pages 155-176 Feeding the Hungry Spirits: A Socially Engaged Buddhist Response to the Distortion of Trauma (Jürgen Jian Lembke, Julianne Funk)....Pages 177-199 Front Matter ....Pages 201-201 Remembering for Healing: Liturgical Communities of Reconciliation Provide Space for Trauma (Armand Léon van Ommen)....Pages 203-223 Victimization via Ritualization: Christian Communion and Sexual Abuse (Hilary Jerome Scarsella)....Pages 225-252 Back Matter ....Pages 253-258