Telling Stories for Healing and Resilience
A Trauma-informed Reading of Psalms 105 and 106
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21453408 |
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| Authors | Rebecca W Poe Hays (0000-0001-8474-2770, Rebecca W. Poe Hays is Assistant Professor of Christian Scripture at the George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University. Her research focuses on how the stories in Scripture communicate with us and shape us. She is the author or co-editor of three books, the author of a number of peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and is currently completing a book project with Oxford University Press exploring issues of trauma and resilience in the book of Psalms. She can be reached at ., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 139-147 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Biblical Theology Bulletin Journal of Bible and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0146-1079 • E-ISSN: 1945-7596 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/01461079231191553 |
| OpenAlex | W4386333322 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
The poetic telling of stories—especially stories of ancestral failings and ongoing relationship to those failings—is a key aspect of how the book of Psalms moves audiences from trauma to healing and resilience. Trauma blocks the ability of survivors to narrate a coherent story of their experiences. Learning to tell traumatic stories—and integrate them into life moving forward—is a significant factor in healing from past traumas and building the resilience necessary to survive and sustain well-being through future ones. The “twin” Psalms 105 and 106 are an example of how the book of Psalms equips audiences for this work of processing trauma, moving toward healing, and building resilience through its poetic language, narrative structures, and community context. In particular, these psalms narrate a shared history, acknowledge the good and the bad within that history, and demand participation and response
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology) · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Poetry · Psychological resilience · Reading (process) · Resilience (materials science) · Sociology · Story telling · History · Migration, Health and Trauma · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Philosophy · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |