The Mystery of Christian Faith: A Tangible Union with the Invisible God - Softcover

Ungar, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761839577 ISBN 13: 9780761839576

Publisher: University Press of America, 2007

Synopsis

Since the time of bloody persecutions right up to the post-modern age, each historical period posed its particular challenge to Christianity. Psychologically, Christians' vitality in overcoming these challenges came primarily from what is perhaps the deepest mystery of faith itself-the believers' union with God. The postmodern positivist questions this mystery, and rejects the possibility of communication with a non-sensorial and therefore "non-existing" God. Agnostics proclaim, "One man's religion, is another's delusion." Therefore, the modern challenge for Christians is to explain how God, despite being invisible, is experientially present in the life of believers. Although the experience of living in a relationship with an invisible God is a profound one for Christians, it seems nonsensical to those who emphasize the primacy of sensory experience. Paul Ungar's extensive scholarly training equips him remarkably well to explore where, when, how, and through which psychological functions communication with the spiritual God factually occur. Ungar's The Mystery of Christian Faith: A Tangible Union with the Invisible God is an apologetic work on the borderline of theology, psychology and philosophy. It is written for Christian intellectuals regardless of their denominational background and rationally demonstrates what François Mauriac's hauntingly poetic expression, "Nothing is more alien than living in a Godless world, and nothing is closer to humans than God."

About this title

About the Author:

Paul Ungar holds an M.D., a Ph.D. and graduate degree in Theology. He has taught psychiatry, theology, and psychology at various universities. Currently he is in private practice, specializing in treatment of problems on the borderline of theology and psychology.

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of America
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0761839577
• ISBN 13: 9780761839576
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 424