TY  - BOOK
AU  - Langberg,Diane
TI  - Redeeming power: understanding authority and abuse in the church 
SN  - 9781587434389
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Grand Rapids, Michigan
PB  - Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group
KW  - Power (Christian theology)
KW  - Authority
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Offenses against the person
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207); The sources and purpose of power -- Vulnerability and power -- The role of deception in the abuse of power -- The power of culture and the influence of words -- Understanding abuse of power -- Power in human systems -- Power between men and women -- The intersection of race and power -- Power abused in the church -- Christendom seduced by power -- Redemptive power and the presence of Christ -- Healing power and the body of Christ
N2  - "An internationally recognized counselor offers Christian leaders 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 human relationships and institutions"--
ER  -