This is fearless and much too rare in faith-rooted trauma counseling.
I appreciated the boldness of each chapter focus and the spiritual connections employed with psychology and critical race theory, not against. I was especially pleased to note the author's strivings for First Nations solidarity.
Sheila's careful surveys of interpersonal, systemic, historical, and transgenerational issues inspire and remind us that there is deep work to do, not simply for resolve and survival but for the sake of future generations. Black people in the United States are often required to believe that we can sprint to strength and that we need not heal from what happened in our history. The road to resilience is long and lonely. "I am excited to recommend people of faith pay close attention to the work of Sheila Wise Rowe in her much-needed book, Healing Racial Trauma. With Rowe as a reliable guide who has both been on the journey and shown others the way forward, you will find a safe pathway to resilience. In each chapter, she includes an interview with a person of color to explore how we experience and resolve racial trauma. Rowe, a professional counselor, exposes the symptoms of racial trauma to lead readers to a place of freedom from the past and new life for the future. In contrast, Scripture declares that we are all fearfully and wonderfully made. This lie continues to be perpetuated today by the action or inaction of the government, media, viral videos, churches, and within families of origin. We have prayed about racism, been in denial, or acted out in anger, but we have not known how to individually or collectively pursue healing from the racial trauma."Īs a child, Sheila Wise Rowe was bused across town to a majority white school, where she experienced the racist lie that one group is superior to all others. "People of color have endured traumatic histories and almost daily assaults on our dignity. 2020 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award - MulticulturalĢ021 Christianity Today Book Award - Christian Living/Discipleship Award
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