Psychotic Entelechy - The Dangers of Spiritual Gifts Theology

Informationen zum Autor Stan A. Lindsay is a member of the Department of Communication faculty at Florida State University. He received his M.A. in Near Eastern Languages and Cultures from Indiana University! and his Ph.D. in Communication from Purdue University. He is the author of seven books and dozens of scholarly articles. Klappentext What do Osama bin Laden! Adolph Hitler! David Koresh! Jim Jones! Gene Applewhite! and the slayers of abortion doctors all have in common? All of them based their dangerous and destructive actions! to a large extent! on a message they believed they received from God. The receipt of messages from God is known by many religions as 'spiritual gifts theology.' Expounding on concepts developed in earlier work! author Stan Lindsay analyzes the religious motives behind the dangerous behavior of some individuals and organizations! presents key indicators of psychotic entelechy! and proposes curative methods. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Acknowledgements Chapter 2 1. Spiritual Gifts and Psychotic Entelechy Chapter 3 2. The Waco Disaster Chapter 4 3. The Rhetoric of bin Laden's Battle Chapter 5 4. The Cure for bin Laden's Rhetoric Chapter 6 5. Muslims! Christians! and Jews versus Secular Psychotic Entelechies Chapter 7 6. A Brief History of Jewish! Christian! and Islamic Spiritual Gift Theology Chapter 8 7. An Examination of New Testament Spiritual Gift Theology Chapter 9 8. Motivation: Why Gifts Theology Chapter 10 9. Perspectivism: The Eldership Approach Chapter 11 Conclusion Chapter 12 Bibliography Chapter 13 Index

Product details

• Authors: Stan A Lindsay, Stan A. Lindsay, Lindsay Stan A.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2006
• EAN: 9780761834939
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-3493-9
• No. of pages: 196
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 210 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; RELIGION / General, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psychology, RELIGION / Theology, RELIGION / Cults, RELIGION / Psychology of Religion, Religion: general, Theology, Religion & beliefs, Contemporary non-Christian & para-Christian cults & sects, Aspects Of Religion (Non-Christian)