Bearing Witness as Social Action: Religious Ethics and Trauma-Informed Response
| Autor: | Darryl W. Stephens |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Psychoanalysis
religious ethics media_common.quotation_subject 050109 social psychology 0603 philosophy ethics and religion Faith Spirituality Institution medicine solidarity relational model 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences bearing witness media_common Transcendence (philosophy) process theology 05 social sciences trauma-informed care 06 humanities and the arts interpersonal trauma medicine.disease spirituality Witness Solidarity Judith Herman Action (philosophy) social action 060302 philosophy Psychology psychological trauma Psychological trauma |
| Zdroj: | Trauma Care Volume 1 Issue 1 Pages 5-63 |
| ISSN: | 2673-866X |
| DOI: | 10.3390/traumacare1010005 |
| Popis: | Written from a standpoint of religious ethics, this article interprets the work of trauma response and recovery in transcendent and moral terms not always apparent to the practitioner or institution. This article provides a broad understanding of spirituality, transcendence, and faith as these concepts relate to Judith Herman’s stages of trauma healing and the characteristics of trauma-informed response articulated by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. These features are then mapped onto specific modes of transcendence and moral themes identifiable in a wide range of religious traditions. The connective framework for this mapping is provided by utilizing the concept “bearing witness,” as synthesized from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, to describe the work of trauma-informed response. This article concludes by recognizing bearing witness as a form of social action, a moral response with implied if not explicit religious dimensions and spiritual implications, for which an understanding of religious ethics is a helpful ally. Thus, this article concludes that religious ethics can be a valuable resource and partner in addressing the personal, systemic, and political aspects of trauma response and recovery, enabling attention to spiritual well-being of both the trauma survivor and the one responding to the survivor. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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