After Violence
Religion, Trauma and Reconciliation
edited by Andrea Bieler, Christian Bingel and Hans-Martin Gutmann
Paperback (Out of print)
(November 2011)
ISBN: 9783374029198
9.06 x 6.06 inches
Price: $36.00
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English summary: The violence unleashed in various forms of warfare and systemic injustice does not simply disappear once a war or a dictatorship is officially ended. The effects of violence continue to live on powerfully in both psychic processes and in communal and personal relationships. What enables people to live in the aftermath of traumatizing acts of violence? Is it possible to disrupt the vicious circle of destructive reciprocity at work in armed conflicts, wars, and genocide? What does it mean to open up spaces of remembrance and mourning which do not reproduce violence mimetically? What does it mean to reflect theologically on reconciliation in these contexts? Is it possible to achieve reconciliation that does not let the perpetrators of violence off too easy, thus adding to the humiliation of the survivors? The contributors to this volume examine an array of situations in the aftermath of violence, in which new forms of violence have emerged, including post-Apartheid South Africa, Rwanda after the genocide, postcolonial New Guinea, Ireland and Northern Ireland since the ‘Good Friday Agreement’, Argentina after militarist rule, Western Africa after civil wars, and Germany after the Shoah. This book is directed at students and teachers of religion, anthropology, and history, as well as professionals involved in therapy, counseling and pastoral work who are looking for new ways of dealing with situations ‘after violence’.The authors consider religious practices, theological reflections, as well as cultural resources which hold the potential to address the aftermath of violence in constructive ways. Biblical narratives, symbols, and rituals that address the experience of trauma come into play. Liturgical as well as theological traditions that grapple with the task of reconciliation are explored. Political and cultural initiatives that seek to work through the conflicts as well as ambivalences of memorials dedicated to the victims of collective atrocities are discussed. German description: Die Gewalt, die in Kriegen und Burgerkriegen ausgeubt wird, ist mit der Unterbrechung unmittelbarer Gewalthandlungen nicht zu Ende. Sie setzt sich oftmals fort in der Zerstorung von Beziehungen zu anderen und zu sich selbst. Traumatisierend wirken Einbruche in die leiblich-seelische Integritat sowie die Zerstorung von vertrauten Lebensumwelten. Wie kann im Angesicht von Traumatisierung Leben gestaltet und zerstorerische Gewaltreziprozitat unterbrochen werden? Wie konnen Erinnerungsraume im Angesicht von kollektiver Traumatisierung geschaffen werden, in denen Gewalt nicht einfach fortgeschrieben wird? Was bedeutet es dabei, theologisch uber Versohnung nachzudenken? Die Beitrage dieses Buches analysieren beispielhaft Situationen in Sudafrika nach dem Ende der Apartheid, in Ruanda nach dem Volkermord, im postkolonialen Papua Neu Guinea, in Irland und Nordirland nach dem Burgerkrieg, in Argentinien nach der Zeit der Militardiktatur, in Westafrika nach dem Burgerkrieg, aber auch in Deutschland nach der Shoah. Das Buch richtet sich an alle Menschen, die in Bildungseinrichtungen, in therapeutischer Arbeit, in Religionsgemeinschaften und in politischen Prozessen engagiert sind, Gewalt zu unterbrechen und Lebens-Wege nach der Gewalt zu suchen.Die Autorinnen und Autoren dieses Buches fragen nach den religiosen Ressourcen, theologischen Traditionen und kulturellen Ausdrucksformen, die in diesen hoch ambivalenten Kontexten ein heilsames Potential entfalten konnen. Mit der gewaltumwandelnden Erzahlbewegung der Bibel kommen Ressourcen aus der judischen und der christlichen Religion in den Blick. Daruber hinaus werden sowohl liturgische also auch theologische Traditionen untersucht. Politisch kulturelle Initiativen der Konfliktaufarbeitung werden in ihrer Komplexitat vorgestellt sowie die Bedeutung verschiedener Gedenkstatten analysiert.
- Edited by Andrea Bieler
- Edited by Christian Bingel
- Edited by Hans-Martin Gutmann
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