Scott M. Lewis

Visceral Resonance

Theology

“Dr. Sirek highlights the poverty of dealing with human suffering with only the traditional rational and detached scientific approach. She develops a model that is attuned to the personal story of sufferers, with their emotions, feelings, and experiences. This theological focus on the embodied and sensory nature of human experience is also applicable to other fields. In biblical studies, a narrative reading of texts with this sensitivity and awareness helps to unlock the deeper meaning of the symbols, images, and rhetoric.”