Positive Loss and Tragic Memory: On the Preservation of Community

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Abstract

Theologies of disaster have to recognize exceptional disasters in the framework of a general human exposure to vulnerability, while engaging in the formation of human and religious resilience. Resilience is about “bouncing back and forward” in and through precautionary and self-adaptive responses to disasters. Drawing up a distinction between personal tragedies and socially shared disasters, the basic argument is that the reconnection of disrupted communities lies at the center of both tragedy and disaster. This article describes a post-secular theology of tragedy and disaster that mainly stays in a vernacular language, referring to basic assumptions of the gospel while refraining from using the heavier repertoires of Christian doctrine.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftDialog
Vol/bind56
Udgave nummer4
Sider (fra-til)361-372
Antal sider12
ISSN0012-2033
DOI
StatusUdgivet - dec. 2017

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