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Reflections on Contemporary Christian Theologies of Suffering and the Value of Trauma Literature
Abstract
The reality of suffering and the need to discover something of its spiritual meaning has perennially engaged the study of religion and theological discourses. This thesis takes an interdisciplinary approach to its reflections on traumatic suffering by drawing on literature from the Caribbean and its diaspora as a primary resource. Palace of the Peacock by Wilson Harris and Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson are closely discussed. Focus is given to the ways in which the victim may be impacted by trauma and the nature of the journey to healing and transformation. It is noted, however, that the perpetrator’s path to potential healing and transformation has traditionally been underrepresented. The study argues that both victims and their perpetrators have an important bearing on the theological engagement with suffering and transformation as well as on pastoral care. To this end, the insights of Cynthia Crysdale, Michael Stoeber, Dorothee Soelle and Gill Goulding are key theological resources.Master of Arts (MA
Reflections on Contemporary Christian Theologies of Suffering and the Value of Trauma Literature
Abstract
The reality of suffering and the need to discover something of its spiritual meaning has perennially engaged the study of religion and theological discourses. This thesis takes an interdisciplinary approach to its reflections on traumatic suffering by drawing on literature from the Caribbean and its diaspora as a primary resource. Palace of the Peacock by Wilson Harris and Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson are closely discussed. Focus is given to the ways in which the victim may be impacted by trauma and the nature of the journey to healing and transformation. It is noted, however, that the perpetrator’s path to potential healing and transformation has traditionally been underrepresented. The study argues that both victims and their perpetrators have an important bearing on the theological engagement with suffering and transformation as well as on pastoral care. To this end, the insights of Cynthia Crysdale, Michael Stoeber, Dorothee Soelle and Gill Goulding are key theological resources.Master of Arts (MA
Michael Rodriguez interviews fiction writer Michael Kimball
Author Michael Kimball talks about moving away from Michigan to become a successful writer, his education, the fiction reading series he has started in Baltimore, the life-story-on-postcard project, and his book "Dear everybody." Kimball is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Paul Clemens
Author Paul Clemens talks about his book "Made in Detroit," the genre of memoir, and writing about race. Clemens is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Tom Springer
Author Tom Springer is interviewed about his writing career and his newest book "Looking for hickories". Springer talks about his career following after earning an Environmental Journalism degree from Michigan State University. He calls his genre "creative non-fiction" and explains how he weaves his memories into his books about life in rural and wild Michigan. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Springer is interviewed by Librarian Michael Rodriguez
Michael Rodriguez interviews author Gary Gildner
Author Gary Gildner explains why he left his tenured teaching position to move to Idaho to became a full-time writer of poetry. Gildner talks about donating his personal papers to Michigan State University Libraries' Special Collections, his writing style and how he approaches writing. Gildner is interviewed by MSU Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writer Series. Held at the MSU Main Library
Gold standard of UK degrees is lost in translation
Inflated marks, overworked staff and politically compromised courses are the price of exploiting offshore UK registered students, says Michael Day
Michael Rodriguez interviews historian and author Keith Widder
Historian and author Keith Widder talks about his move to Michigan from Wisconsin, his career as Curator of History for the Mackinac Island State Park Commission, his research interests, his book "Michigan Agricultural College", and his current projects. Widder is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library
Dr. Michael Janis, Morehouse College, August 2011, August 2011
This video is a conversation with Dr. Michael Janis. Dr. Janis talks about his book, "Africa After Modernism: Transitions in Literature, Media and Philosophy". Yolanda Gilmore-Bivins, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
Square Dancing with the Stars to Enhance Dynamic Hirschman Linkages?
In this Presidential Address, the author takes the reader on a reconnaissance of his life and time as a regional scientist. He points out scenery he found scintillating along the way, hoping that some may pick up the banner and chew on a few of the ideas for a while. He suggests a revisit to Albert O. Hirschman’s notion of key sectors and more empirical analysis related to Marcus Berliant’s and Masahisa Fujita’s notion of knowledge creation and transfer.Presidential Address, San Antonio, Texas, March 29, 2014 (53rd Meetings of the Southern Regional Science Association
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