Redeeming Power – Understanding Authority and Abuse in the Church

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.

• ContentsPreludePart 1: Power Defined1. The Source and Purpose of Power2. Vulnerability and Power3. The Role of Deception in the Abuse of Power4. The Power of Culture and the Influence of WordsPart 2: Power Abused5. Understanding Abuse of Power6. Power in Human Systems7. Power between Men and Women8. The Intersection of Race and Power9. Power Abused in the Church10. Christendom Seduced by PowerPart 3: Power Redeemed11. Redemptive Power and the Person of Christ12. Healing Power and the Body of ChristPostlude