From Shame to Peace;
counselling and caring for the
sexually abused
ISBN 978-90-5719-038-4 / 292 pages / PaperbackAuthor: Teo van der Weele
Publisher: Importantia Publishing
Price: € 14,95 / us$ 19,95
Acknowledgement
This book would have been impossible without the hundreds of abuse survivors who sought help. You will read about them in real-life stories, sufficiently altered to protect their identity.
Many people have influenced my life and ministry. I think of Paul Davis, an outstandingly effective veteran missionary with the Christian Missionary Alliance in Ubon province in Thailand. A son of a very gifted missionary pioneer in China himself, Paul helped me to understand other cultures. He was very affirming when I sought new ways to share the gospel. Paul Hiebert, professor in missiology in Fuller Theological Seminary, challenged me to think deeper and harder and left a lasting impression, long after his memorable lectures were past. Also in Fuller I met John Wimber, whose example of frankness, laughter, creativity, and humility gave a whole new perspective to the practice of pastoral ministry. His insight helped me to focus on the expectation of a manifestation of the presence of Jesus.
Wil and I have again and again been encouraged by Sally and Floyd Mc Clung Jr. who, when they served with Youth With A Mission in the Netherlands, contributed vital impulses for our personal life and ministry over a prolonged period.
To the many who have kept urging me to sit down and write, my sincere thanks, even though I have often groaned, wondering why I agreed to it in the first place.
Above all, my warmest appreciation to my life companion, Wil, who has spurred me on to move beyond the practical issues of ministry and to keep looking for more insights and growth. Her faith helped me to enter graduate and post-graduate studies as a late starter – and took the consequences, mostly with a smile.
We have been blessed in the Netherlands with many books in English. The bibliography will show my own debt to English language authors. I am grateful for the opportunity to share some of what I digested in my studies and return it. From Shame to Peace was originally written for use in Denmark, and because of translation needs, directly written in English. It took several dedicated people to get it in the final form as we have it now, among them Linda Smit and Cheryl Gagliasso. To Jane Collins, thank you for the courage to work on my ‘Dutch accent’ and make this manuscript ready for publication.
The text of this article is taken from From Shame to Peace - Counseling and caring for the sexually abused
Content
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1 - The memory problem.
Chapter 2 - Walking in the shadows
Chapter 3 - Starting Points and Definition of Concept
Chapter 4 - The Culture of Child Sexual Abuse
Chapter 5 - Missionaries in the Culture of Abuse
Chapter 6 - Why God?
Chapter 7 - Captives of a Culture
Chapter 8 - The Church and the Culture of Abuse
Chapter 9 - From Victims to Skilled Survivors
Chapter 10 - Powerful Peace
Chapter 11 - From Shame to Peace
Chapter 12 - Powerful Peace through the Church
Chapter 13 - 'Please God, not in the Church...'
Chapter 14 - 'Please God, not my Child...'
Epilogue: Biblical Realism
Bibliography
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