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Redeeming power : understanding authority and abuse in the church / Diane Langberg.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group, ©2020Description: xiii, 209 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781587434389
  • 1587434385
  • 9781587435133
  • 1587435136
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Redeeming power : understanding authority and abuse in the church. DDC classification:
  • 261 23
LOC classification:
  • BT738.25 .L36 2020
Contents:
Part 1 Power Defined -- Source and Purpose of Power -- Vulnerability and Power -- Role of Deception in the Abuse of Power -- Power of Culture and the Influence of Words -- Part 2 Power Abused -- Understanding Abuse of Power -- Power in Human Systems -- Power Between Men and Women -- Intersection of Race and Power -- Power Abused in the Church -- Christendom Seduced by Power -- Part 3 Power Redeemed -- Redemptive Power and the Person of Christ -- Healing Power and the Body of Christ.
Summary: "An internationally recognized counselor offers Christian leaders a clinical and theological framework for understanding how power operates, the effects of the abuse of power, and how power can be redeemed and restored to its proper God-given place in human relationships and institutions"-- Provided by publisher
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Print book for loan Krauth Memorial Branch Philadelphia General Collection BT738.25 .L36 2020 1 Available 31794003196467
Print book for loan Lineberger Memorial Library Southern Circulating Collection (Main & Upper Levels) BT738.25 .L36 2020 Available 35898001668140
Print book for loan Wentz Memorial Branch Gettysburg General Collection (Lower Level) BT738.25 .L36 2020 Available 31826003495950

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207).

Part 1 Power Defined -- Source and Purpose of Power -- Vulnerability and Power -- Role of Deception in the Abuse of Power -- Power of Culture and the Influence of Words -- Part 2 Power Abused -- Understanding Abuse of Power -- Power in Human Systems -- Power Between Men and Women -- Intersection of Race and Power -- Power Abused in the Church -- Christendom Seduced by Power -- Part 3 Power Redeemed -- Redemptive Power and the Person of Christ -- Healing Power and the Body of Christ.

"An internationally recognized counselor offers Christian leaders a clinical and theological framework for understanding how power operates, the effects of the abuse of power, and how power can be redeemed and restored to its proper God-given place in human relationships and institutions"-- Provided by publisher

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