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    Post-Traumatic God: How the Church Cares for People Who Have Been to Hell and Back
    Post-Traumatic God: How the Church Cares for People Who Have Been to Hell and Back
    Post-Traumatic God: How the Church Cares for People Who Have Been to Hell and Back
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    Post-Traumatic God: How the Church Cares for People Who Have Been to Hell and Back

    By David W. Peters

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    After traumatic events, many turn away from the Church; this book presents a path home, providing a way back to a God who can be trusted, loved, and worshipped.

    Today, the church is sometimes viewed (even from within) as a place apart, which may create a barrier of understanding for those who have experienced trauma. Post-Traumatic God grew out of Peters’ own experience as a chaplain in Iraq and later as an Episcopal priest, and from his subsequent work with an organization he founded, Episcopal Veterans for Peace, which helped him identify the need for this quite-different book to bridge that gap. In it, Peters explores three related themes: history (the early church itself was a post-traumatic community); theology (especially building on Tillich's World War I experiences and the theology he subsequently developed); and ecclesiology (how church can offer community to trauma survivors. Post-Traumatic God equips the Church to heal the unseen wounds of the soul.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMorehouse Publishing
    Release dateSep 1, 2016
    ISBN9780819233042
    Post-Traumatic God: How the Church Cares for People Who Have Been to Hell and Back
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    David W. Peters

    David W. Peters served as an enlisted Marine and Army Chaplain, who deployed to Iraq in 2005. He is the author of several books, notably Death Letter: God, Sex, and War and Post-Traumatic God: How the Church Cares for People Who Have Been to Hell and Back. Today he serves as the vicar of St. Joan of Arc Episcopal Church, a new church plant in the diocese of Texas.

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