Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church
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Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church  -     By: Diane Langberg

Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church

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Langberg, an internationally recognized counselor, offers a clinical and theological framework for understanding power---how it operates, what happens when it's abused, and how it can be redeemed. Grounding her analysis in a plethora of personal conversations and deep faith in Christ, she provides a platform for identifying the misuse of ecclesial authority and effectively protecting the vulnerable. 224 pages, softcover from Brazos.

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Title: Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church
By: Diane Langberg
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 240
Vendor: Brazos Press
Publication Date: 2020
Dimensions: 8.50 X 5.50 (inches)
Weight: 10 ounces
ISBN: 1587434385
ISBN-13: 9781587434389
Stock No: WW43438X

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Power has a God-given role in human relationships and institutions, but it can lead to abuse when used in unhealthy ways. Speaking into current #MeToo and #ChurchToo conversations, this book shows that the body of Christ desperately needs to understand the forms power takes, how it is abused, and how to respond to abuses of power.

Although many Christians want to prevent abuse in their churches and organizations, they lack a deep and clear-eyed understanding of how power actually works. Internationally recognized psychologist Diane Langberg offers 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 relationships and institutions. This book not only helps Christian leaders identify and resist abusive systems but also shows how they can use power to protect the vulnerable in their midst.

Author Bio

Diane Langberg (PhD, Temple University) is an internationally recognized psychologist with 50 years of experience. She speaks regularly on abuse and trauma all over the world and cofounded the Global Trauma Recovery Institute at Biblical Theological Seminary. For 29 years, she directed her own counseling practice in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. Langberg, Monroe & Associates, which includes 17 therapists with multiple specialties, now continues this work. Langberg previously served on the board of GRACE (Godly Response to Abuse in a Christian Environment) and cochaired the American Bible Society's Trauma Advisory Council. She has authored numerous books, including Counseling Survivors of Sexual Abuse, In Our Lives First: Meditations for Counselors, On the Threshold of Hope, and Suffering and the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores.

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