How Survivors of Abuse Relate to God

Grappling with theological issues raised by abuse, this book argues that the Church should be challenged, and ministered to, by survivors. Shooter brings the survivors' narratives into dialogue with the story of Job and with medieval mystic Marguerite Porete's spirituality of 'annihilation'. Appealing to Church leaders, students, practitioners and practical theologians, this book offers a creative and ethical theological enquiry as well as some spiritual anchor points for survivors.

Susan Shooter gained her MA in Theological Studies at St John's College Nottingham; her dissertation was entitled a€?The Cross as the Tree of Life: symbol of transformation for church and worlda€?. Ordained in 1996 in the Diocese of Rochester, she served two curacies and was Incumbent for nine years, also tutoring on diocesan lay training courses; for two years she was Biblical Strand Leader for the Canterbury Christ Church Cert. in Theology for Ministry. Recently she successfully completed her DMin thesis with King's College London.