Developing a Theology of Abuse with Dr. Chelle Stearns

Today we’re revisiting a conversation that Dr. Dan Allender had a
few years ago with Dr. Chelle Stearns, Associate Professor of
Theology at The Seattle School, exploring her ongoing work of
developing a theology of abuse. She believes that as a
theologian, an artist, and a witness of other artists, she is
called—and we are called—to hold together immense sorrow and
stunning beauty. Ultimately, Chelle invites us to wrestle with
how we address trauma in view of the embodied life of Christ, and
how this might change the way we tend to the stories of harm in
our own lives and communities. 


Resources:


Watch Dr. Chelle Stearns speak on ‘Lament and Hope Through a
Trauma-Informed Theology’ at The Seattle School’s Seventh Annual
Stanley Grenz Lecture

Watch Rachael Clinton speak at the 2019 Theology & Trauma
Conference 



Read “Let the Lament Come” by Heather Stringer