Healing the Wounds of Sexual Abuse

Elaine A. Heath (PhD, Duquesne University) is professor of missional and pastoral theology at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. An ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, she is a frequent retreat speaker and has experience as a pastor and spiritual director. She has written a number of books, including The Mystic Way of Evangelism.

• ContentsIntroduction1. We Were the Least of These2. Fig Leaves3. Through the Wilderness4. The Terrible Secret5. Beauty Pageants6. Prayers of Lament and Mercy7. Are You My Mother?8. Eunuchs9. We Are Clean10. About Judas and Mary11. Emmanuel12. In Remembrance of Me13. Letting Go14. Final ThoughtsAppendix A: The HealingCloudAppendix B: A Definition of SexualAbuseRecommended ResourcesIndex