Liturgy in the Shadows of Trauma: Reckoning with the Roman Catholic Sex Abuse Crisis New Titles - Fall 2023 ” —Joan Chittister

” —Joan Chittister

with a rich hermeneutic of suspicion

Sister Thea Bowman

It is must reading for rabbis

Written for readers deeply concerned for the future of the church

Liturgy in the Shadows of Trauma: Reckoning with the Roman Catholic Sex Abuse Crisis New Titles - Fall 2023 ” —Joan ChittisterCatholic Media Association Book Award Winner, Third Place, Liturgy Worship Participation in liturgy is often described and prescribed as a source of comfort and healing for survivors of clergy perpetrated sexual abuse (CPSA). However, as Liturgy in the Shadows of Trauma demonstrates, the diverse forms of trauma inflicted by the sex abuse crisis threaten the ability of liturgical worship to function as the source of grace that it is meant to be. The