A Violent God-Image: An Introduction to the Work of Eugen Drewermann

Matthias Beier, MDiv, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling and Director of the mental health license-track MA in Psychotherapy and Faith Program at Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, Indiana, having taught previously at Fordham and Drew Universities. A nationally certified and New York State licensed psychoanalyst, Beier completed clinical training at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis (NPAP), New York City, founded by S. Freud's student Theodor Reik. An expert in the revolutionary work of bestselling German church critic, theologian and psychoanalyst Eugen Drewermann, Beier is well known as an international speaker on issues of religion and violence; health and religion; health or harm of God-images; and the debate between the new atheism and forms of fundamentalism.