A Kenotic Way of Contemplative Healing: Julian of Norwich, Neuroscience and the Centrality of Safety in Healing Trauma - Softcover

Carson, Susan F

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798295550218

Publisher: St Macrina Press, 2026

Synopsis

Neuroscience and mystical theology intersect to inform a way of being together with God and one another that heals our trauma and alienation. Grounded in research, this award-winning work offers a kenotic, contemplative way of inner healing. The creation of noise-free, shame-free, formula-free space within ourselves and with others can heal our souls, our communities and perhaps even our world. From the Foreword written by Dr. Bradley Jersak:

Susan Carson is a Julian scholar and trauma-informed spiritual director. During her studies, she found her way into the deep mines of Julian's heart and resurfaced as a treasury of goodness. The wealth she discovered in Julian’s work is especially valuable for practitioners of spiritual formation and inner healing. Susan has done her homework on the powerful intersection of contemplation and brain science to bring about healing and nurture in those who've suffered severe trauma. She writes as a firsthand witness of spiritual breakthrough in clients who were otherwise stuck but now in whom Julian's great hope for human transformation has been restored. This little work is a monument to the world’s growing awareness of a more wholistic and science-affirmed “mystical neurology.” In my mind, Julian and Susan have located the active therapeutic ingredient in Christ as great physician, healing broken hearts in a fraught world.

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About the Author

Susan Carson is the Founder and Executive Director of Roots&Branches, a non-profit in Cincinnati, Ohio, offering spiritual direction and contemplative healing. Susan is a certified spiritual director, author, speaker and host of the rooted (IN)tentionally podcast. She holds a Masters of Theology and Culture from St. Stephen's University.

Edition details

• Publisher: St Macrina Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798295550218
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 127