A Violent God-Image (Paperback)

Matthias Beier

ISBN 10: 082641835X / ISBN 13: 9780826418357

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 2006

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Paperback. 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. 'Powerful. a profoundly more human cast to otherwise abstract theological propositions. almost revolutionary in its apertura to new and refreshing vistas in thinking about basic theological issues.' W. W. Meissner, S.J., M.D. in Horizons At the heart of Drewermann's non-violent interpretation of key Christian beliefs is his analysis of a violent image of God that characterizes traditional interpretations of sin and the cross. His empathic critique of the clerical mentality, ideology, and culture ("The Cleric") led to his being silenced by Roman Catholic authorities in 1991. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Violent God-Image (Paperback)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 082641835X
• ISBN 13: 9780826418357
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

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. 

'Powerful... a profoundly more human cast to otherwise abstract theological propositions... almost revolutionary in its apertura to new and refreshing vistas in thinking about basic theological issues.' W. W. Meissner, S.J., M.D. in Horizons

About the Author

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.