The Trauma of Doctrine
New Calvinism, Religious Abuse, and the Experience of God
1st Edition
Published on 12. January 2021
398 pages
978-1-9787-5884-1 (ISBN)
Description
The Trauma of Doctrine is a theological investigation into the effects of abuse trauma upon the experience of Christian faith, the psychological mechanics of these effects, their resonances with Christian Scripture, and neglected research-informed strategies for cultivating post-traumatic resilience. Paul Maxwell examines the effect that the Calvinist belief can have upon the traumatized Christian who negatively internalizes its superlative doctrines of divine control and human moral corruption, and charts a way toward meaningful spiritual recovery.
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Paul Maxwell (Ph.D., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is an independent writer and researcher.
Content
Part 1: Reformed Theology
Chapter 1: Maximalist Conceptions of Divine Control and Human Corruption
Chapter 2: The Unique Obstacle of Reformed Theodicy
Part 2: Traumatized Faith
Chapter 3: The Imagination and Its Operations
Chapter 4: Faith and the Imagination
Chapter 5: How Trauma Works
Chapter 6: Trauma in The Religious Imagination
Part 3: Pistic Resilience
Chapter 7: Perseverence And Resilience: Introducing Pistic Resilience
Chapter 8: Passive Pistic Resilience: Divine Patience with Distrupted Faith
Chapter 9: Active Pistic Resilience: Spiritual Fortitude Within Disrupted Faith
Part 4: Pistic Recovery
Chapter 10: The Traumatized Christian and the Reformed Community
Chapter 11: Recovering a Sanctified Notion of Personal Autonomy
Chapter 12: Autonomy in Community
Chapter 1: Maximalist Conceptions of Divine Control and Human Corruption
Chapter 2: The Unique Obstacle of Reformed Theodicy
Part 2: Traumatized Faith
Chapter 3: The Imagination and Its Operations
Chapter 4: Faith and the Imagination
Chapter 5: How Trauma Works
Chapter 6: Trauma in The Religious Imagination
Part 3: Pistic Resilience
Chapter 7: Perseverence And Resilience: Introducing Pistic Resilience
Chapter 8: Passive Pistic Resilience: Divine Patience with Distrupted Faith
Chapter 9: Active Pistic Resilience: Spiritual Fortitude Within Disrupted Faith
Part 4: Pistic Recovery
Chapter 10: The Traumatized Christian and the Reformed Community
Chapter 11: Recovering a Sanctified Notion of Personal Autonomy
Chapter 12: Autonomy in Community
