Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church (audio)
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Overview
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. 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.
- Title: Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church (audio)
- Author: Diane Langberg
- Publisher: christianaudio.com
- Print Publication Date: 2020
- Logos Release Date: 2021
- Era: era:modern
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Audio
- Subjects: Political Science › Corruption & Misconduct; Religion › Christian Church--Administration; Political Science › General; Religion › General; Religion › Christian Church--General; Religion › Christian Ministry--General; power in the church; power in Christian organizations; abuse in the church
- ISBNs: 9781545916230, 1545916233
- Resource ID: LLS:9781545916230
- Resource Type: Media
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-01-24T23:03:05Z
Dr. Diane Langberg, is a globally recognized psychologist with 53 years of clinical experience working with trauma patients. She has trained caregivers from six continents in responding to trauma and to the abuse of power. For 29 years she directed her own practice in Jenkintown PA - Diane Langberg Ph.D. & Associates. Now, in partnership with Dr. Phil Monroe, Langberg, Monroe & Associates continues this work which includes seventeen therapists with multiple specialties.
November 2024 will see the publication of Dr. Langberg's most recent book, When the Church Harms God's People: Becoming Faith Communities that Resist Abuse, Pursue Truth, and Care for the Wounded. Two more recent works are In Our Lives First: Meditations for Counselors, Volume 2, and Redeeming Power: Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church. Additional readings include Suffering the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores, On the Threshold of Hope (with Workbook), Counseling Survivors of Sexual Abuse, and In Our Lives First: Meditations for Counselors.
Dr. Langberg is the recipient of the Distinguished Alumna Achievements from Taylor University., the American Association of Christian Counselors Caregiver Award, The Distinguished President’s award, and the Philadelphia Council of Clergy’s Christian Service Award.
She is married and has two sons and four grandchildren.