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Trauma and Theology Conference
With Dr Karen O’Donnell

March 23, 2023

Dr Karen O’Donnell
I studied for my undergraduate degree in Politics and Religious Studies at Newcastle University, before embarking on a career as a secondary school teacher of Religious Studies, Philosophy, and Ethics. In 2012, I began studying for an MA in Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Nottingham where I focused my research in the field of Mariology. I was awarded an AHRC Studentship to study for my PhD at Exeter University, producing a thesis entitled “Somatic Memories: Trauma and the (Eucharistic) Body” in 2016. I became a postdoctoral research fellow at Durham University focusing on digital theologies before taking up a post at Sarum College where I was programme leader for the postgraduate courses in Christian Spirituality until June 2022. I became the Director of Studies at Westcott House, Cambridge in September 2022, where I predominantly teach liturgical theology as well as feminist and trauma theologies. 

22 and 23 June 2023, St John’s College, Auckland

Thursday 22 June: Trauma and Theologies. What does theology have to do with trauma?

This day will take a deep dive
into the field of Trauma Theology and examine
what impact the experience of trauma has on
theology. As well as exploring ways in which
theologies might contribute to trauma, we’ll
also turn our attention to the ways in which
both theologies and trauma survivors can be
remade through trauma.
Friday 23 June: Trauma and
Liturgies: Ritual, Repetition, and
Remaking.
Does the Christian tradition have
anything to offer trauma survivors? This day
will focus on the relationships (both positive
and negative) between trauma and liturgies.
We’ll be exploring the roles that ritual and
repetition play in the work of post-traumatic
remaking of the self.


Trauma and Theology Conference
With Dr Karen O’Donnell

A specialist in theology and trauma, Dr Karen O’Donnell is Director of Studies at Westcott House, Cambridge, UK.

register here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScB9FhH2t35nKuOpD66pjnEuUw602d0bsmmACR1s7EiBCUEJQ/viewform?usp=sf_link


22-23 June 2023: 10:00am – 4:00pm
St John’s College, 202-210 St John’s Road, St John’s, Auckland
($50 waged / $25 unwaged

For further information contact: Dr Paul Reynolds (p.reynolds@stjohnscollege.ac.nz) or
Dr Emily Colgan (ecolgan@trinitycollege.ac.nz)

Hosted by
St John’s Theological College
Trinity Methodist Theological College
And supported by The University of Otago’s Centre for Theology and Public Issues

Filed Under: Gatherings - in person and online, Theological Education Tagged With: Karen O'Donnell, Trauma and Theology

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