Fragile Resurrection

How do we practice hope after trauma? What shape does hope take after abuse? In grappling with these questions, Ashley E. Theuring implicates the entire church and advocates changing our theologies of hope and our understanding of resurrection. Reimagining the Empty Tomb narrative from the Gospel of Mark in light of the experiences of domestic violence survivors, Fragile Resurrection reveals the possibility for everyday practices and relationships to mediate hope and resurrection. Theuring constructs an embodied imaginative hope found in the wake of trauma, which can speak to our current context of trauma and uncertainty.

Ashley E. Theuring is Assistant Professor of Theology, specializing in constructive and practical theologies, at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her theological research is informed by her past work at Women Helping Women of Hamilton County, a center for rape victims and others in crisis, where she was a crisis counselor, advocate, and educator.