Langberg, Diane,

Redeeming power : understanding authority and abuse in the church / Diane Langberg. - xiii, 209 pages ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207).

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 -- 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 -- Power Redeemed -- Redemptive Power and the Person of Christ -- Healing Power and the Body of Christ. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

"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"--

9781587434389 1587434385 9781587435133 1587435136

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Power (Christian theology)
Authority--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Offenses against the person.

BT738.25 / .L36 2020

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