RESOURCES FOR THEOLOGICAL EDUCATORS

WEBINAR SERIES | November 7, 2025
REV. DR. LIS VALLE-RUIZ:

Gutiérrez y Muhs, Gabriella, Yolanda Flores Niemann, Carmen G. González, and Angela P. Harris, eds. 2012. Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia. Utah State University Press
Herman, Judith Lewis. 2015. Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence—From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror. New York: Basic Books
Hess, Sarah. “Five How-Tos of Trauma-Informed Practice,” Health & Medicine Policy Research Group
Illinois ACEs Response Collaborative
Love, Bettina L. 2020. We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom. Beacon
Valle-Ruiz, Lis. “Origins of Lis Valle's teaching & learning philosophy”

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WEBINAR SERIES | October 17, 2025
REV. DR. DAVID M. MELLOTT:

Mellott, David. I Was and I Am Dust: Penitent Practices as a Way of Knowing. Liturgical, 2009
Spiritual Directors International. https://www.sdicompanions.org/need-help-finding/

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WEBINAR SERIES | September 19, 2025
DR. PHILLIS SHEPPARD:

Crumpton, Stephanie M. 2014. A Womanist Pastoral Theology Against Intimate and Cultural Violence. Palgrave Macmillan
Riley, Cole Arthur. 2024. Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human. Convergent
Manuel, Zenju Earthlyn. 2015. The Way of Tenderness: Awakening Through Race, Sexuality, and Gender. Wisdom Publications
Manuel, Zenju Earthlyn. 2018. Sanctuary: A Meditation on Home, Homelessness, and Belonging. Wisdom Publications.

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“Trauma-Informed Pedagogy” Barnard College
“Trauma-Informed Pedagogy (TIP)” University of Oregon
Trauma-Informed Teaching & Learning Blog
“Potentially Perilous Pedagogies: Teaching Trauma Is Not the Same as Trauma-Informed Teaching” Journal of Trauma & Dissociation 15
“Teaching in a Time of Uncertainty” Center for Faculty Development and Excellence, Emory University
Trauma-Aware Teaching Checklist
“Trauma-Informed Practices for Postsecondary Education: A Guide” Education Northwest
“Trauma-Informed Practices in Higher Education: A Comprehensive Literature Review (2015–2023)” International Journal of Higher Education 12
“Trauma-Informed Pedagogy and Healing-Centered Engagement, Faculty Teaching Module for Inclusive Teaching Practices” Office of Teaching and Learning, University of Denver
“Risky Teaching: Developing a Trauma-Informed Pedagogy for Higher Education” Teaching in Higher Education 28
“Trauma Informed Teaching & Learning” Webinar
“Teaching to Empower: Leveraging the Neuroscience of Now to Help Students Become Self-Regulated Learners” The Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education 20
Trauma-Informed Pedagogy: Addressing Gender-Based Violence in the Classroom Edited by Jocelyn Marshall & Candace Skibba
“What Does Trauma-Informed Teaching Look Like?” Chronicle of Higher Education
Trauma-Informed Pedagogy in Higher Education: A Faculty Guide for Teaching and Learning Edited by Ernest Stromber
Trauma-Informed Pedagogies: A Guide for Responding to Crisis and Inequality in Higher Education Edited by Phyllis Thompson & Janice Carello
“Trauma Informed Care in the Classroom: A Resource Guide for Educators in Higher Learning”
Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education (Equity and Social Justice in Education Series) By Alex Shevrin Venet

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY ON TRAUMA-INFORMED TEACHING IN THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION

Chang, Sung Hee. 2021. “Ministerial Formation Through the Lens of Suffering: A Theological Reflection on Trauma-Sensitive Pedagogy.” Reflective Practice: Formation and Supervision in Ministry 41: 66–79. https://journals.sfu.ca/rpfs/index.php/rpfs/article/view/847.

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). https://doi.org/10.1111/teth.12376.

Crumpton, Stephanie M. 2020. “Trauma-Sensitive Pedagogy.” In Teaching Sexuality and Religion in Higher Education: Embodied Learning, Trauma Sensitive Pedagogy, and Perspective Transformation, Routledge Research in Religion and Education series, edited by Darryl W. Stephens and Kate Ott, 30–43. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429327162

Davidson, Jennifer W. 2021. “Beyond Trigger Warnings: Toward a Trauma-Informed Andragogy for the Graduate Theological Classroom.” Teaching Theology & Religion 24, no. 1: 4–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/teth.12574.

Gubkin, Liora. 2015. “From Empathetic Understanding to Engaged Witnessing: Encountering Trauma in the Holocaust Classroom.” Teaching Theology & Religion 18, no. 2: 103–20. https://doi.org/10.1111/teth.12273.

Guth, Karen V. 2018. “Moral Injury and the Ethics of Teaching Tainted Legacies.” Teaching Theology & Religion 21, no. 3: 197–209. https://doi.org/10.1111/teth.12441.

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, Routledge Research in Religion and Education series, edited by Darryl W. Stephens and Kate Ott, 17–29. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429327162

Stephens, Darryl W. 2020. “Trauma-Informed Pedagogy for the Religious and Theological Higher Education Classroom.” Religions 11, no. 9: 449. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11090449.

Stoltzfus, Regina Shands. 2014. “Teaching and Learning—Violence and Healing.” The Conrad Grebel Review 32 (2): 152–62. https://uwaterloo.ca/grebel/publications/conrad-grebel-review/past-issues/cgr-vol-32-no-2-spring-2014#classroom

Tinklenberg, Jessica L., ed. 2021. “Trauma-Informed Pedagogies in the Religious Studies Classroom.” Special Issue, AAR Religious Studies News, Spotlight on Teaching (March). https://web.archive.org/web/20210924080355/https://rsn.aarweb.org/sites/default/files/PDFs/Spotlight%20on%20Teaching/Trauma-Informed%20Pedagogies%20in%20the%20Religious%20Studies%20Classroom_Spotlight%20on%20Teaching%20March%202021.pdf. Includes articles by Alexiana Fry, Liora Gubkin, Julianne Hammer, Ella Johnson, Yohana Agra Junker, AHyun Lee, Oluwatomisin Oredein, Ryan Rideau, Darryl W. Stephens, Leah Thomas, and Elizabeth Vasko.

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY ON TRAUMA and TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE

Birrell, Pamela J., and Jennifer J. Freyd. 2006. “Betrayal Trauma: Relational Models of Harm and Healing.” Journal of Trauma Practice 5, no. 1: 49–63. https://doi.org/10.1300/J189v05n01_04.

Herman, Judith Lewis. 2015. Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence—From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror. New York: Basic Books.

Herman, Judith Lewis. 2023. Truth and Repair: How Trauma Survivors Envision Justice. Basic Books.

Imad, Mays. 2020. “How to Talk to Your Students About Stress & Trauma.” Webinar. April 3. https://youtu.be/vlrN9Qwt3SA. Neuroscience approach.

Imad, Mays. 2021. Leveraging the Neuroscience of Now: Toward Healing & Recovery. Webinar. March 26. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA_h3l8NJG8.

McCreary, Micah L. 2023. Trauma and Race: A Pathway to Well-Being. Fortress.

Menakem, Resmaa. 2017. My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies. Central Recovery.

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. 2024. https://www.samhsa.gov/mental-health/trauma-violence/trauma-informed-approaches-programs

van der Kolk, Bessel. 2014. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma. New York: Penguin Books.

Wilson, Charles, Donna M. Pence, and Lisa Conradi. 2013. “Trauma-Informed Care.” Encyclopedia of Social Work. OUP. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780199975839.013.1063. https://oxfordre.com/socialwork/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199975839.001.0001/acrefore-9780199975839-e-1063

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY ON TRAUMA and THE PRACTICES OF MINISTRY (TEACHING ABOUT TRAUMA AS IT PERTAINS TO MINISTRY)

Baldwin, Jennifer. 2018. Trauma-Sensitive Theology: Thinking Theologically In The Era Of Trauma. Cascade.

Beste, Jennifer Erin. 2007. God and the Victim: Traumatic Intrusions on Grace and Freedom. AAR Academy Series. Oxford University Press.

Cooper-White, Pamela. 2012. The Cry Of Tamar: Violence Against Women and the Church’s Response, 2nd ed. Fortress.

Frechette, Christopher G., and Elizabeth Boase, eds. 2016. The Bible Through the Lens of Trauma. Semeia Studies. SBL.

Ganzevoort, R. Ruard, and Srdjan Sremac, eds. 2018. Trauma and Lived Religion: Transcending the Ordinary. Palgrave Studies in Lived Religion and Societal Challenges. Palgrave Macmillan.

Guth, Karen V. 2022. The Ethics of Tainted Legacies: Human Flourishing After Traumatic Pasts. Cambridge University Press.

Heath, Elaine A. 2019. Healing the Wounds of Sexual Abuse: Reading the Bible with Survivors. Brazos.

Hunsinger, Deborah van Deusen. 2015. Bearing the Unbearable: Trauma, Gospel, and Pastoral Care. Eerdmans.

Huyser-Honig, Joan. 2020. “Trauma-Informed Care in Church Worship and Life.” Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, March 24. https://worship.calvin.edu/resources/resource-library/trauma-informed-care-in-church-worship-and-life/.

Jones, Serene. 2019. Trauma and Grace: Theology in a Ruptured World, 2nd ed. Westminster John Knox.

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.

Kiser, Charles, and Elaine A. Heath. 2023. Trauma-Informed Evangelism: Cultivating Communities of Wounded Healers. Eerdmans.

Knobler, Haim Y, Lily Haber, Batya Brutin, and Zvi Zemishlany. 2015. “Myth and Reality: On ‘Future Generations’ of the Holocaust.” In Shoa and Experience: A Journey in Time, 71–80. Brighton, MA.

Lakawa, Septemmy Eucharistia. 2018. “Teaching Trauma and Theology Inspires Lives of Witnessing Discipleship: Theological Education as Missional Formation.” International Review of Mission 107 (2): 331–46. https://doi.org/10.1111/irom.12234.

Lee, Boyung. 2021. “Trauma-Informed Pedagogy for Gender, Sexuality and Wholeness in Religious Education.” Religious Education 116, no. 3: 190–94. https://doi.org/10.1080/00344087.2021.1917852.

McClintock, Karen A. 2022. Trauma-Informed Pastoral Care: How to Respond When Things Fall Apart. Fortress.

New Studies in Theology and Trauma. Book series editors: Joshua Cockayne, Scott Harrower, Preston McDaniel Hill, and Chelle Stearns. Cascade.

Rambo, Shelly. 2010. Spirit and Trauma: A Theology of Remaining. Westminster John Knox.

Rambo, Shelly. 2019. “How Christian Theology and Practice are Being Shaped by Trauma Studies.” The Christian Century. November 1. https://www.christiancentury.org/article/critical-essay/how-christian-theology-and-practice-are-being-shaped-trauma-studies.

Reflective Practice: Formation and Supervision in Ministry, vol. 41: Formation in a Time of Crisis. 2021. Section 2: Trauma and This Season of Crisis. https://journals.sfu.ca/rpfs/index.php/rpfs/issue/view/75.

Sheppard, Phillis Isabela. 2019. “Social Trauma and Public Spirituality: A Womanist Relational Ethic of Spiritual Practice.” In Kaleidoscope: Broadening the Palette in the Art of Spiritual Direction, edited by Ineda Pearl Adesanya, 136–62. Church Publishing

Sheveland, John N., ed. 2023. Theology in a Post-Traumatic Church. Orbis.

Singer, Pete. 2024. "Toward a More Trauma-Informed Church: Equipping Faith Communities to Prevent and Respond to Abuse." Currents in Theology and Mission 51, no. 1 (January): 62–76. https://currentsjournal.org/index.php/currents/article/view/444/483.

Stephens, Darryl W. 2026. Trauma-Informed Christian Ethics: Bearing Witness through Love, Justice, and Solidarity in Community. T&T Clark.

Sullender, R. Scott. 2018. Trauma and Grief: Resources and Strategies for Ministry. Cascade.

Travis, Sarah. 2021. Unspeakable: Preaching and Trauma-Informed Theology. Cascade.

Tumminio Hansen, Danielle Elizabeth. 2024. Trauma-Informed Spiritual Care: Interventions for Safety, Meaning, Reconnection, and Justice. Fortress.

Warner, Megan, Christopher Southgate, Carla A. Grosch-Miller, and Hilary Ison, eds. 2019. Tragedies and Christian Congregations: The Practical Theology of Trauma. Explorations in Practical, Pastoral, and Empirical Theology. Routledge.

West, Traci C. 1999. Wounds of the Spirit: Black Women, Violence, and Resistance Ethics. New York University Press.

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