February 25, 2016 / Theology
Why Bonhoeffer would have loved Mad Max.
In this issue of The Other Journal, we present interviews, art work, creative writing, and essays that address the complex territory of trauma’s effects on the lived experience, for both individuals and societies. We believe these pieces articulate a deep, multifaceted understanding of how a theology of trauma can help to shape and restore us through unearthing, naming, narrating, and bearing witness to its wounds, for as Frank Seeburger writes, “Only such a community of trauma—the community of all those who have nothing in common save the openness of their wounds—could be the kingdom of a God worth worshipping.”
The Other Journal discusses the paintings and processes of the Korean visual artist Mihyang Kim.
My husband and I were in a head-on vehicle collision north of Toronto on Highway …
A young girl tries to escape a grief-stricken home only to find that home is where her she is known most fully.
A woman wrestles with how post-traumatic stress disorder affects her daily life and faith.
Childhood trauma severely limits one’s imagination of the self and the world, causing victims to …
In their collaborative search for “a new political imagination for today’s church,” Kingdom Politics authors Kristopher Norris and Sam Speers put into practice their own form of ecclesial witness.
On Wednesday, June 18, in Charleston, South Carolina, a tight-knit group of black men and …
If Benedict found inspiration in the desert, so can Rod Dreher.