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Internal Desecration: Traumatization and Representations of God - Couverture souple

Carrie Doehring

 
9780819191212: Internal Desecration: Traumatization and Representations of God

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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À propos de l'auteur

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

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