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Internal Desecration: Traumatization and Representations of God - Softcover

Carrie Doehring

 
9780819191212: Internal Desecration: Traumatization and Representations of God
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0819191213 ISBN 13: 9780819191212
Publisher: Upa, 1993

Synopsis

Overwhelming life experiences, such as physical and sexual abuse during childhood, have the potential to obliterate internal representations of a loving God. In this book the author explores the inter-relationship between severity of childhood traumatization and mental representations of God through a comprehensive review of psychodynamic literature and quantitative research methodology. The research findings of a study with forty seven women demonstrate the complexity of this subject and illustrate how the empirical truth of quantitative findings may or may not resonate with the metaphorical truth of psychodynamic models of traumatization. The author discusses the significance of these findings for clinicians and faith communities.

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About the Author

Carrie Doehring is Assistant Professor of Pastoral Psychology at Boston University School of Theology.

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Publisher
Upa
Publication date
1993
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0819191213
ISBN 13 
9780819191212
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
186