A violent God-image : an introduction to the work of Eugen Drewermann

By:

Beier, Matthias

Publication details: London : Continuum, 2006.Description: xi, 388 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

0826415849 (hbk.) :
9780826418357 (pbk.) :
082641835X (pbk.) :

Subject(s):

NLM classification:

WM 460.

Contents:

Fear, evil, and the origins of a violent God-image -- War, Christianity, and the destruction of inner and outer nature : effects of a violent God-image -- Recovering the nonviolent God-image of Jesus : working through a sadomasochistic interpretation of the cross -- Analyzing the clergy-ideal of the Roman Catholic Church.

Summary: Theologian and psychotherapist Eugen Drewermann has been the most significant, prolific and bestselling theological writer in the German language over the past quarter century. Drewermann shows that religion, including Christianity, turns violent mentally, spiritually, and even physically if it uses fear as a motive for faith fear of exclusion from the group, fear of hell and fear of God. This is the first full-length introduction to Drewermann in English.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-375) and index.

Theologian and psychotherapist Eugen Drewermann has been the most significant, prolific and bestselling theological writer in the German language over the past quarter century. Drewermann shows that religion, including Christianity, turns violent mentally, spiritually, and even physically if it uses fear as a motive for faith fear of exclusion from the group, fear of hell and fear of God. This is the first full-length introduction to Drewermann in English.

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