April 20, 2015 / Theology
In the wake of domestic violence, new kinship structures are crucial to providing safe spaces of healing and to developing communal practices of resistance.
Ashley Theuring is a doctoral candidate in the practical theology program at the Boston University School of Theology. Prior to her doctoral work, Theuring worked a number of years as an advocate and educator at Women Helping Women of Hamilton County, a rape, crisis, and abuse center. Her theological research explores religious practices, meaning making, and survival in response to trauma.
In the wake of domestic violence, new kinship structures are crucial to providing safe spaces of healing and to developing communal practices of resistance.