A Violent God-Image An Introduction to the

Theologian and psychotherapist Eugen Drewermann has been the most significant, prolific and bestselling theological writer in the German language over the past quarter century. Drewermann shows that religion, including Christianity, turns violent men

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

xi

INTRODUCTION

3

(20)

Nazi Germany and a Violent God-Image

3

(7)

Spiritual and Psychological Nonviolence

10

(3)

Eugen Drewermann — Glimpse of the Public Figure

13

(6)

The Work of Eugen Drewermann — A Trojan Horse

19

(4)

Chapter 1 FEAR, EVIL, AND THE ORIGINS OF A VIOLENT GOD-IMAGE

23

(108)

Historical Context: The Banality of Evil and the Impotence of Christianity

23

(10)

Fear and the Origin of a Violent God-Image

33

(1)

Results of the Exegetical Analysis of Genesis 3 and 4:1-16

34

(13)

The Serpent

37

(1)

From Harmony with God to a Heteronomous God-Image

38

(7)

The Deadly Effects of Human Sacrifice for the Divine: Genesis 4:1-16

45

(2)

Results of the Psychoanalytic Analysis of Genesis 3 and 4:1-16

47

(43)

Universal Images of the Psyche?

47

(4)

Sin as a Neurosis Before God

51

(4)

A Bird's-eye View of the Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Genesis 2-11

55

(4)

Genesis 3 in Psychoanalytic Perspective

59

(28)

Genesis 4:1-16 in Psychoanalytic Perspective

87

(3)

Results of the Philosophical and Theological Interpretation of Genesis 3 and 4:1-16

90

(37)

Philosophical Analysis of the Structure of "Sin" as Universal and the Result of Free Choice

91

(5)

The Fall in an Analysis of Dasein

96

(10)

Genesis 4:1-16 in Existential-philosophical Perspective

106

(2)

Theological Interpretation of Genesis 3 and 4:1-16

108

(11)

Faith as Trust: The Alternative to Sin as Fear

119

(5)

An Existential Proof of God and the Reality of Psychic Images

124

(3)

Conclusion

127

(4)

Chapter 2 WAR, CHRISTIANITY, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF INNER AND OUTER NATURE: EFFECTS OF A VIOLENT GOD-IMAGE

131

(78)

Fear, Trust, and the Importance of Psychic Images

131

(4)

Fear, War, and God

135

(74)

Roots of War—from Struggle for Survival to Fears of the Spirit

137

(8)

The Confusion of Religion with Ethics

145

(7)

War and Christianity, Or: Belligerent Consequences of a Violent God-Image

152

(34)

A Religious Solution for the Problem of War

186

(23)

Chapter 3 RECOVERING THE NONVIOLENT GOD-IMAGE OF JESUS: WORKING THROUGH A SADOMASOCHISTIC INTERPRETATION OF THE CROSS

209

(64)

Violent God-Image and Sacrificial Religion

212

(7)

The Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ and the Redemption from a Violent God-Image

219

(54)

Jesus Facing the Cross: The End of Fear

220

(6)

The Historical Jesus and a Typological Reading of History

226

(18)

The Symbol of the Cross and the Redemption from a Violent God-Image

244

(29)

Chapter 4 ANALYZING THE CLERGY-IDEAL OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

273

(54)

Diagnosis

280

(12)

Etiology

292

(8)

Development Through Psychological Stages, Or: Psychogenesis of the Evangelical Counsels

300

(20)

Poverty and Oral Conflicts

302

(2)

Obedience and Anal Conflicts

304

(7)

Chastity and Oedipal Conflicts

311

(9)

Therapeutic Treatment Suggestions

320

(7)

The Spiritual Value of the Evangelical Counsels

323

(2)

Religious Reorientation and Reform of the Education of the Clergy

325

(2)

CONCLUSION

327

(8)

Appendix 1 DREWERMANN IN AMERICA

335

(4)

Appendix 2 A NOTE ON TRANSLATION

339

(4)

WORKS CITED

343

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INDEX

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