REA2021 Resources

This is a web page of resources that accompany a collaborative session held during the REA2021 Annual Meeting (July 5-9, 2021, RuntheWorld).

Slides

Bibliography

Background readings on Sexuality, Gender, Race, and Trauma

  • Herman, Judith. [1992]2015. Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence—From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror. New York: Basic Books.
  • Menakem, Resmaa. 2017. My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies. Los Vegas: Central Recovery Press.
  • Ott, Kate. 2019. Digital Spiritual Embodiment: Power, Difference, and Interdependence. Cursor_ Zeitschrift Für Explorative Theologie. Retrieved from https://cursor.pubpub.org/pub/3lsdep9t
  • Rambo, Shelly. 2010. Spirit and Trauma: A Theology of Remaining. Louisville: Westminster John Knox.
  • Schneider, Laurel C. 2004. “What Race is Your Sex?.” In Disrupting White Supremacy from Within: White People on What We Need To Do, edited by Jennifer Harvey, Karin A. Case, and Robin Hawley Gorsline, 142–62. Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim.
  • van der Kolk, Besser A. 2014. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. New York: Penguin.
  • West, Traci C. 1999. Wounds of the Spirit: Black Women, Violence, and Resistance Ethics. New York: New York University Press.
  • West, Traci C. 2019. Solidarity and Defiant Spirituality: Africana Lessons on Religion, Racism, and Ending Gender Violence. New York: New York University Press.
  • Wimberly, Anne E. Streaty, Annie Lockhart-Gilroy, and Nathaniel D. West, eds. 2020. From Lament to Advocacy: Black Religious Education and Public Ministry. Nashville: Wesley’s Foundry Books.

Research on pedagogy

  • Creamer, Debbie and Michael Hemenway. 2021. Exploring in-person: Kaleidoscopic experiments in embodiment, materiality, and time. Cursor_ Zeitschrift Für Explorative Theologie. Retrieved from https://cursor.pubpub.org/pub/creamer-hemenway-exploring-in-person
  • Crumpton, Stephanie M. 2017. “Trigger Warnings, Covenants of Presence, and More: Cultivating Safe Space for Theological Discussions about Sexual Trauma,” Teaching Theology & Religion 20:2 (April): 137-147. https://doi.org/10.1111/teth.12376.
  • Doering, Carrie and Rubén Arjona. 2020. “A Spiritually Integrative Digital Pedagogy.” In Teaching Sexuality and Religion in Higher Education: Embodied Learning, Trauma Sensitive Pedagogy, and Perspective Transformation, edited by Darryl W. Stephens and Kate Ott, 127–43. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429327162.
  • Evans, David, and Tobin Miller Shearer. 2017. “A Principled Pedagogy for Religious Educators.” Religious Education 112, no. 1: 7–18.
  • Fleischer, Barbara. 2006. “Mezirow’s Theory of Transformative Learning and Lonergan’s Method in Theology: Resources for Adult Theological Education.” Journal of Adult Theological Education 3 (2): 147–62. https://doi.org/10.1558/jate.2006.3.2.147.
  • Freire, Paulo. 2005. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. 30th anniversary ed. Translated by Myra Bergman Ramos. New York: Continuum.
  • Grosland, Tanetha Jamay. 2019. “Through Laughter and Through Tears: Emotional Narratives to Antiracist Pedagogy.” Race Ethnicity and Education 22, no. 3: 301–18.
  • Hess, Mary E. 2020. “Finding learning amidst the maelstrom: Storytelling, trauma, and hope.” Teaching Theology & Religion 23, no. 4 (December): 218–30. https://doi.org/10.1111/teth.12567.
  • Hess, Mary E. 2018. “Using Digital Media and Storytelling to Unearth Racism and Galvanize Action,” in Teaching Race: How to Help Students Unmask and Challenge Racism, edited by Stephen D. Brookfield. Jossey-Bass.
  • Hoggan, Chad, Kaisu Mälkki, and Fergal Finnegan. 2017. “Developing the Theory of Perspective Transformation: Continuity, Intersubjectivity, and Emancipatory Praxis.” Adult Education Quarterly 67 (1): 48–64. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0741713616674076.
  • Keefe-Perry, L. Callid, and Zachary Moon. 2019. “Courage in Chaos: The Importance of Trauma-Informed Adult Religious Education.” Religious Education 114, no. 1 (May): 30–41. https://doi.org/10.1080/00344087.2018.1435989.
  • Lelwica, Michelle Mary. 2020. “Embodied Learning Through Pedagogical Promiscuity.” In Teaching Sexuality and Religion in Higher Education: Embodied Learning, Trauma Sensitive Pedagogy, and Perspective Transformation, edited by Darryl W. Stephens and Kate Ott, 17–29. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429327162.
  • Montano, Steffano. 2019. “Addressing White Supremacy on Campus: Anti-Racist Pedagogy and Theological Education.” Religious Education 114, no. 3: 274–86.
  • Ott, Kate, and Darryl W. Stephens. 2017. “Embodied Learning: Teaching Sexuality and Religion to a Changing Student Body,” Teaching Theology & Religion 20:2 (April): 106–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/teth.12373.
  • Sitron, Justin, and Donald A. Dyson. 2009. “Sexuality Attitude Reassessment (SAR): Historical and New Considerations for Measuring Its Effectiveness.” American Journal of Sexuality Education 4 (2): 158–77. https://doi.org/10.1080/15546120903001407.
  • Stephens, Darryl W. 2020. “Trauma-Informed Pedagogy for the Religious and Theological Higher Education Classroom.” Special issue Reflecting on the Possibilities of Religious Education Research. Religions 11, no. 9: 449. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11090449.
  • Stephens, Darryl W., and Kate Ott, eds. 2020. Teaching Sexuality and Religion in Higher Education: Embodied Learning, Trauma Sensitive Pedagogy, and Perspective Transformation. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429327162.

Practical helps

Handouts

Resources Mentioned During the Workshop

Websites

Digital media pieces that are useful