Trauma and Recovery in Early North African Christianity
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Trauma and Recovery in Early North African Christianity

  1. 230 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Trauma and Recovery in Early North African Christianity

About this book

Powerful religious elements for living in the aftermath of trauma are embedded within North African Christian hagiographies. The texts of (1) The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity, (2) The Account of Montanus, Lucius, and their Companions, and (3) The Life of Cyprian of Carthage are stories that offered post traumatic pathways to recovery for its historical readership. These recovery-oriented beliefs and behaviors promoted positive religious coping strategies that revolved around a sense of safety, re-establishing community relationships, an integrated sense of self, and a hopeful story beyond trauma. This book vividly demonstrates that hagiographies played a vital therapeutic role in helping early Christian trauma survivors recover and flourish in the aftermath of disastrous persecutions.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Abbreviations
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1 Trauma and Trauma Responses
  8. Chapter 2 Trauma Narratives, Heroic Hagiographies, and Identifying Recovery from Trauma
  9. Chapter 3 Safety and Self: Attachment, Identity, Encounter, and Intimacy
  10. Chapter 4 Safety and Self: Faith, Trust, Religious Autonomy, and Competence
  11. Chapter 5 Safety and Self: Competence and Identity in Partnership with the Transformative Power of the Sacred
  12. Chapter 6 Safety within Divine Control and a New Story
  13. Chapter 7 Recovering Community Connections
  14. Chapter 8 Conclusion
  15. Index