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Trouble with Christianity, The A Psychological Perspective Richard Markham Oxtoby In this book, using Eric Fromm’s distinction between Humanistic and Authoritarian Religions whose implications for Christianity the author explored at some length in his recently published /The Two Faces of Christianity/, he identifies what he believes to be the fundamental psychopathology which has prevented Christianity becoming an unambiguous good for humanity, namely an authoritarian mind-set. Central to this mindset is the idea of God as a controlling force acting on the universe, but separate from it, rather than as a property of ‘all that is’. Dr Oxtoby argues that it is this ubiquitous authoritarian thinking, with its emphasis on the need for obedience to imposed authority which lies at the root of the sado-masochistic obsession with pain, suffering and death of the Doctrine of the Atonement. Author Bio Richard Markham Oxtoby is a clinical and industrial psychologist who spent more than 33 years on the staff of the Department of Psychology of the University of Cape Town. Since taking early retirement at the end of 1999 he has been involved in business consulting in the area of human relations, conflict resolution and executive coaching, concert-giving in the field of Renaissance and Baroque music, and the writing of books. Online: Author Website, Blog Endorsements This is an amazing document Richard and an important one - I need to read it again carefully - but it drew me in and I wondered why it hasn’t been written before; such an honest and real critique and so helpful. Well done and Congratulations. Rev. Peter Fox Promotional Plans Author website. Courses, lectures and television interviews in South Africa. Promotion in both the Quaker and Unitarian communities. USP Adopts a highly critical attitude to orthodox Christian theology whilst adopting a non-atheistic (albeit non-traditional) stance towards the concept of God. Competing Books An introduction to Radical Theology (1905047606), by Trevor Greenfield O Books (John Hunt), 2006 Categories RELIGION(REL067070) -> Christian Theology(REL067070) -> Ethics(REL067070) RELIGION(REL067000) -> Christian Theology(REL067000) -> General(REL067000) RELIGION(REL070000) -> Christianity(REL070000) -> General(REL070000)	Publication Date April 2016 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-78535-289-8 $14.95  |  £9.99 8.5x5.5 inches | 216x140 mm 120PP e-book ISBN: 978-1-78535-290-4 $7.99  |  £4.99 Library of Congress 2015958954
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