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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
Trauma as a call to change and transformation
About this book
2. Defining Trauma: The Causes and Types
Ongoing and structurally-induced trauma
Societal or collective trauma
Historical trauma transferred through generations
Secondary trauma
Participation-induced trauma
In summary
3. Common Responses to Traumatic Events
Trauma affects us physiologically
Trauma shatters meaning
Trauma creates needs
Ongoing trauma
Large-group trauma
4. Continuing the Cycles: Unhealed Trauma
Limitations of defining unhealed trauma through a PTSD frame
Reenactment and trigger events
Impaired functioning
Incomplete grieving
The enemy/aggressor cycle
Good-vs.-evil narratives
Redemptive-violence narratives
The role of leaders
The cycles across generations
5. Breaking the Cycles: The Journey to Healing and Security
Background to the model
Safety:
Breaking free
The role of leaders
Acknowledgment:
Mourning, grieving our own story, and naming fears
Recognizing that “the other” has a story
Reconnection:
Recognizing interdependence, taking risks
Choosing the path to forgiving
Seeking justice
Possibility of reconciliation
6. What If? 9-11 and Breaking the Cycles
7. How Then Shall We Live?
1. Recognize ourselves as leaders.
2. Challenge our own faith communities to live up to the highest ideals.
3. Prevent trauma by learning to wage peace.
4. Work at both the personal and the communal/structural levels.
5. Be informed.
6. Remember that we are not alone.
Appendix: Key Elements in Breaking the Cycle
Endnotes
Selected Readings
About the Author
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