Beyond Crucifixion: Meditations on Surviving Sexual Abuse - Softcover

Beth Crisp

9780232528435: Beyond Crucifixion: Meditations on Surviving Sexual Abuse

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0232528438 ISBN 13: 9780232528435

Publisher: Darton, Longman and Todd, 2010

Beyond Crucifixion is an intensely gripping and moving sequence of meditations and prayers that reaches out to everyone who is heartbroken and in need of tenderness and compassion. At some point in our lies, we all have to face the difficult journey of coming to terms with feelings of rejection and humiliation and fear. In telling the stories of the survivors of abuse and in reflecting on the grisly reality of the sexual abuse she had been subjected to, and the many ways it had hurt and damaged her, Beth Crisp takes the reader on a path from desperation to hope. Tragedies and disasters become places of courage, of perseverance and of the breaking of silence, and stories of rejection and terror become stories of healing, of hope and of encouragement.

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Review:

`A wonderful resource. It allows the reader to sink gradually into the vulnerability of being healed by God. The shape of the Church of the future is surely to be found in the shared life and communion of those like Beth Crisp and the rich array of story-tellers to whom she introduces us.' -- James Alison `Honest and disturbing. Beth Crisp refuses to allow sexual abuse the final word, proclaiming instead the power of resurrection.' -- Gemma Simmonds `Not be for the faint-hearted. For those who want support survivors of abuse in practical ways, walking the Lenten journey with Beth Crisp is a great place to start. Confronting and challenging, this pilgrimage from sin to hope is one of the most moving journeys you may ever make.' -- Richard Leonard, author of Where the Hell is God?

About the Author:

Beth R. Crisp is a Melbourne-based writer, currently working as Associate Professor of Social Work at Deakin University. As a scholar, much of her work focuses on marginalisation and social exclusion. She is particularly interested in spirituality for people who find themselves on the margins of the church or wider society.

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