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Internal Desecration
Carrie Doehring
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Description for Internal Desecration
Hardback. Overwhelming life experiences, such as physical and sexual abuse during childhood, have the potential to obliterate internal representations of a loving God. This work explores the inter-relationship between severity of childhood traumatisation and mental representations of God. Num Pages: 186 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRCM; JFFE1; JFFE2; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780819191205
SKU
V9780819191205
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About Carrie Doehring
Carrie Doehring is Assistant Professor of Pastoral Psychology at Boston University School of Theology.
Reviews for Internal Desecration
The study is an important addition to the growing literature on God concept and is in itself an excellent model for the kind of research rigor the topic demands. This interesting research has important implications for clinicians as well as pastors andfaith communities.
Journal Of Psychology and Theology
The study is an important addition to the growing literature ... Read more
Journal Of Psychology and Theology
The study is an important addition to the growing literature ... Read more