Trauma theology is a theological discipline that seeks to both do theological justice to traumatic experiences and also to reimagine theologies in the light of such experiences. Whilst suffering has always been of interest to Christian theology, trauma theology distinguishes between sufferi...
African American pastoral theology is a specialized branch of pastoral theology that addresses the unique spiritual, cultural, and social experiences of the African American community. This article provides a critical overview of African American pastoral theology. It documents the discipli...
Moral injury refers to the experience of enduring and sustained negative moral emotions – primarily guilt, shame, anger, and contempt – that result from the betrayal, violation, or suppression of deeply held moral values. Separate but often co-occurring with the constellation of physiologic...
Children and childhood are increasingly considered as a theological concern. In this contribution, an overview of various perspectives on children, childhood, and Christian theology is presented. The article describes a diversity of images of children as they figure in social sciences, in bib...
This brief article delineates Orthodox pastoral theology by chiefly emphasizing the organic connection between Liturgical/sacramental life and social/pastoral involvement in the Christian Orthodox tradition. It shows how Orthodox pastoral theology, in encompassing the entire life of the Chu...