Love, Imperfectly Known: Beyond Spontaneous Representations of God - Softcover

Brother Emmanuel Of Taize, Brother Emmanuel Of Taize

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1441116370 ISBN 13: 9781441116376

Publisher: Continuum, 2011

Synopsis

Believer, non-believer or undecided, every one of us is influenced by unconscious psychological projections that, in part, condition our instinctive conception of God and therefore our personal beliefs. Demonstrating the valuable insight that can be gained from a fruitful encounter between psychology and theology, this book unmasks the major obstacles that can arise in the quest for meaning or on the way to a spiritual experience: doubts about the existence of a God of love in a broken world; persistent images of a rather distant or frightening Divine Being; unhelpful contrasts between science and faith, psychology and theology, sexuality and spirituality . . . By tackling these culturally conditioned barriers to belief and spirituality within Western Christianity, Brother Emmanuel explores a new theology of love, both human and divine.

About this title

Book Description:

A study of how unconscious psychological projections can distort our image of God and of both divine and human love.

About the Author:

Brother Emmanuel joined the ecumenical community at Taizé in 1989. The community has become a focus of Christian spirituality where tens of thousands of young adults are welcomed every year from all over the world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Continuum
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1441116370
• ISBN 13: 9781441116376
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192