Spirit and Trauma: A Theology of Remaining

Rambo draws on contemporary studies in trauma to rethink a central claim of the Christian faith: that new life arises from death. Reexamining the narrative of the death and resurrection of Jesus from the middle day-liturgically named as Holy Saturday-she seeks a theology that addresses the experience of living in the aftermath of trauma. Through a reinterpretation of remaining in the Johannine Gospel she proposes a new theology of the Spirit that challenges traditional conceptions of redemption. Offered in its place is a vision of the Spirits witness from within the depths of human suffering to the persistence of divine love.