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

Matthias Beier

Softcover

ISBN 10: 082641835X ISBN 13: 9780826418357

Publisher: Continuum, 2006

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

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About the Author

Matthias Beier is coordinator of the Doctor of Ministry Program in Pastoral Care and Counseling at Drew Theological School and has a private psychoanalytic practice in New York City. He teaches at both Drew and Fordham Universities.

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuum
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 082641835X
• ISBN 13: 9780826418357
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 411