Trauma and Recovery in Early North African Christianity

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Trauma and Recovery in Early North African Christianity is written by Scott Harrower and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1501511386 (ISBN 10) and 9781501511387 (ISBN 13).

Powerful religious elements for living in the aftermath of trauma are embedded within North African Christian hagiographies. The texts of (1) The Passion of Perpetua and Felicity, (2) The Account of Montanus, Lucius, and their Companions, and (3) The Life of Cyprian of Carthage are stories that offered post traumatic pathways to recovery for its historical readership. These recovery-oriented beliefs and behaviors promoted positive religious coping strategies that revolved around a sense of safety, re-establishing community relationships, an integrated sense of self, and a hopeful story beyond trauma. This book vividly demonstrates that hagiographies played a vital therapeutic role in helping early Christian trauma survivors recover and flourish in the aftermath of disastrous persecutions.