Theology In a Post-Traumatic Church

Catholic Media Association Award Winner  Second Place - Life and Dignity of Human Person       “As a survivor myself, I view this work as a call to move the church from apathy to compassion. The stories of victims must be heard because in the telling and listening to those stories comes the call to conversion and the desire to alleviate their suffering and that of the Church. Hopefully, within these pages one will begin that journey to heal and become whole again as we come to understand the truths within.”- Paula Kaempffer, Outreach Coordinator of Restorative Justice, Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis "In Theology in a Post-Traumatic Church, John N. Sheveland has brought together a variety of scholars to look at the sexual abuse crisis from the perspective of the victim.  This victim-centered approach allows us to not only address the causes but also the need for healing in the church and for creating a context to provide the social trust that was so widely compromised b