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"A journey through the heart of darkness, the pain of trauma, the complexity of justice, and the sorrow of survival, Becoming Human Again reveals the struggle for healing and forgiveness through the lives and words of those who know it best—its survivors. A true contribution to knowledge and deeper understanding."—Stephen D. Smith, Finci-Viterbi Executive Director of USC Shoah Foundation and UNESCO Chair on Genocide Education
"The mantra 'Never Again,' coined in the aftermath of the Holocaust, should in fact be 'Again and Again.' This important book explores in painful, honest, personal detail the most brutal of these genocides. More than just addressing the genocide, it compellingly grapples with the issues of reconciliation and forgiveness."—Deborah E. Lipstadt, author of Antisemitism Here and Now
List of contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART I: The Genocide
1. Encountering the Genocide
2. How Did It Happen?
3. Orphan Memories
4. The Experience of Women
5. Coping after Genocide
PART II: Postgenocide Experiences
6. Trauma as Moral Rupture
7. A Holistic Model of Healing
8. Forgiveness
9. Justice and Reconciliation
10. Becoming Human Again
Appendix I: Methodology
Appendix II: Survey Results on Distress and Resilience
Beth E. Meyerowitz and Lauren C. Ng
Notes
References and Bibliography
Index
About the author
Donald E. Miller is the Leonard K. Firestone Professor of Religion at the University of Southern California and Director of Strategic Initiatives at USC’s Center for Religion and Civic Culture. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of ten books, including Global Pentecostalism: The New Face of Christian Social Engagement and Reinventing American Protestantism: Christianity in the New Millennium.
Lorna Touryan Miller is coauthor with Donald Miller of Survivors: An Oral History of the Armenian Genocide and Armenia: Portraits of Survival and Hope. She is former director of the Office for Creative Connections in Pasadena, California.
Arpi Misha Miller completed her doctoral dissertation in Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she focused on the transnational political activism of Salvadoran immigrants in Los Angeles. Currently she is involved in immigrant rights issues in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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“The authors offer valuable insights into psychological trauma and its link to loss of identity. . . . Becoming Human Again is not an easy read but it is a worthwhile one; a journey through horror to healing.”
