The Soul Also Keeps the Score
Liturgical Press (Verlag)
978-0-8146-8975-2 (ISBN)
Research suggests that up to 70% of adults will experience a traumatic event in their lifetime. But where does this affliction reside? The bestselling book The Body Keeps the Score introduced readers to the neurobiology of trauma, demonstrating how terror and isolation inhabit and reshape both brain and body. But what about trauma’s effects on the soul? In The Soul Also Keeps the Score, Jesuit counselor and chaplain Father Robert McChesney argues that psychology must be complemented by insights from the discipline of spirituality.
In this pioneering work, McChesney interprets the classic sixteenth-century mystical text of the Spiritual Exercises as born in violence to the body and soul of their author, the traumatized, battle-wounded-turned-saint, Ignatius of Loyola. Grounded in Ignatius’s colorful narrative and influential pathway to God, McChesney insists that the two languages of mental health and spirituality can speak in one voice. Whether you are a spiritual, pastoral, or mental health professional, member of the care circle, or wounded seeker, The Soul Also Keeps the Score unlocks a treasure trove of fresh insight and hope.
FatherRobert McChesney, SJ, has accompanied war refugees, military veterans, and survivors of sexual violence and child abuse as chaplain, pastoral counselor, and retreat guide for more than thirty years, paying particular attention to the intersection of Ignatian spirituality and mental health in the healing of traumatic injury. McChesney has served with the Jesuit Refugee Service in the Middle East, at a federal immigration detention center in Los Angeles Harbor, and as national director in Washington, DC. He is a frequent speaker at workshops and conferences regarding soul repair in trauma recovery and is a member of the Georgetown Jesuit community in Washington, DC.
Contents
Foreword by Lisa López Levers xi
Prologue: Two Languages, One Voice xv
Part I: The Soul of Violence
Chapter One: Every Saint Has a Past: The Chivalrous Courtier 3
Just Another Loyola Boy 8
This King or That 12
Manresa Episode 16
The Forgotten Warrior by Colonel Robert Macpherson, USMC (Ret.) 20
Chapter Two: The Morally Injured Íñigo 23
Follow the Symptoms 31
Situating Moral Injury in Recent Literature 35
A Dark Hole in My Soul: Helen’s Testimony 39
Chapter Three: Every Sinner Has a Future 43
A Spiritual Model of Moral Injury 45
The Case Study of Tola 46
Moral Injury and Sin 48
A Trauma-Informed Christian Spiritual Paradigm of Moral Injury? 51
Chapter Four: The Spiritually Injured Íñigo 53
Spiritual Injury 55
The Clinical Value of Spiritual Injury: A Case Study 62
Chapter Five: The Soul Also Keeps the Score 65
The Odd Couple 66 The Soul Keeps the Score 69
Has Psychology Lost Its Soul? 73
The Oskar Pfister Award and Lecture 75
Interdisciplinary Advances 78
Personal Encounter with the Living God 83
Part II: From Spiritual Injuries to Spiritual Exercises
Chapter Six: Consoling the Afflicted with Spiritual Exercises 89
The Pilgrim 91 A Person of Interest 93
Judicial Investigations 95
A Spirituality of Affliction 100
Chapter Seven: The Invisible Mugged Traveler: Encountering God as Hero or Casualty 109
“The Good Samaritan” Parable, Reconsidered 110
EverySurvivor 116
Íñigo’s “Cannonball Moment,” Reconsidered 119
Pamplona, Reconsidered 123
Chapter Eight: Noticing Hibakusha: A Trauma-Informed Reading of the Incarnation Contemplation 127
Spirituality for an Age of Trauma 129
The Incarnation Contemplation 130
Interdisciplinary Dialogue and Collaboration 140
Proximity to Ground Zero 144
Chapter Nine: Memory, Understanding, and Will: A Trauma-Informed Reading of the Ignatian Suscipe 145
Ignatius of Loyola Meets Judith Lewis Herman 147
Herman’s Stage One: Overcoming Powerlessness of Will through Personal Safety and Security 148
Herman’s Stage Two: Remembrance and Mourning 152
Maggie’s Story 158
Herman’s Stage Three: Reconciling with Oneself, Reconnecting with the Wider Community, and Exploring a Survivor Mission 160
Back to the Future 167
Epilogue: Body and Soul Keep the Score 169
Acknowledgments 173
Bibliography 175
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2025 |
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| Vorwort | Lisa López Levers |
| Verlagsort | Collegeville, MN |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 369 g |
| Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8146-8975-2 / 0814689752 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8146-8975-2 / 9780814689752 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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