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Identity and experience in the New Testament / Klaus Berger ; translated by Charles Muenchow.
Van Pelt Library BS2545.P9 B4713 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berger, Klaus, 1940-2020
- Standardized Title:
- Historische Psychologie des Neuen Testaments. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. New Testament--Psychology.
- Bible.
- Bible. New Testament.
- Psychology.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 298 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First English language edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- How do the New Testament documents present issues of passion, will, identity, and perception? How did the earliest followers of Jesus understand their experiences, behaviors, and suffering? These questions and more are addressed in this stimulating work by one of the most productive Continental New Testament scholars. Rather than approaching the New Testament with a Freudian, Jungian, or other modern psychological theory, Berger illuminates historically how peoples of the first century described their human experiences in relation to their encounters with God, Christ, demons, and the power of their own desires and will.
- Contents:
- Historical Psychology 1
- Significance of the Inquiry 1
- Status of the Scholarly Discussion 2
- Posing Historical-Psychological Questions 4
- Methods of Historical Psychology 17
- Exegesis and the Unconscious Mind 18
- Summary and Preview 24
- 2. Identity and Person 26
- Significance of the Issue 26
- Initial Questions 27
- The Essence of a Person Can Return 29
- "Christ Lives in Me" 32
- Autonomy of the Self 35
- 3. Demonic Possession 44
- The Problem 44
- Observations on the Religio-Historical Context 45
- Demonic Possession in Historical-Psychological Perspective 48
- Questions of Application 53
- 4. Experience of the Body 60
- The Problem 60
- Relationship as Bodily Experience 61
- The Body as Transferable Property 64
- Sinning against One's Own Body 66
- The Corporeality of Both Salvation and Damnation 67
- 5. Interior and Exterior 70
- The Psychological Question 70
- Inner and Outer: Basic Determinations 70
- Devaluing the External 71
- The Path from Interior to Exterior 74
- The "Inner Person" according to Paul 78
- 6. Perceptions 82
- Perceptions of Reality (Facticity) 82
- A Shifting of Perceptions 93
- Visions 96
- Mythical Events 103
- Journeys to Heaven 108
- Conscience 114
- Death 121
- Alienation 124
- 7. Emotions 128
- Paul on Feelings 128
- Desire (Covetousness) 133
- The Theological and Psychological Significance of Paul's Comments on Desire 136
- Fear and Anxiety (Angst) 138
- Terror 145
- Worry 152
- Disappointed Love 156
- Groaning and Longing 162
- Joy and Sorrow 165
- 8. Suffering 178
- Setting the Historical-Psychological Question 178
- Seriousness and Avoidance 178
- Interpretation of Suffering 179
- Contrasting Experiences 179
- Experiencing Being Valued 180
- Splendor and Glory 180
- Suffering and Dualism 181
- Suffering as Origin of the Exhortation 182
- Solidarity and Discipleship 182
- Suffering and the Experience of Time 183
- Suffering as Grace 183
- Historical-Psychological Interpretation 184
- 9. Religion 186
- Faith 186
- Holy Spirit and Charisma 198
- Sin 207
- Prayer 212
- Pastoral Care 216
- 10. Behavior 219
- Mandated Hatred 219
- Necessary Self-Love 228
- Sexuality 232
- Risking and Gaining Life 239
- Possessions 244
- Vengeance 246.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-286) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0800627792
- OCLC:
- 50912530
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