Title: Memory and salvation
First published: 1995
Description: "Our memories form us. Both as individuals and as groups, our reaction to the world we inhabit is dictated by our conscious and unconscious memories. But if we are enslaved by our memories, how can we say that Christ has set us free?" "All the major psychological theorists of our time have examined the role of memory in the formation of personality, and the author explores the key contributions of Freud, Jung, Melanie Klein and others to this discussion." "He then goes on to suggest that the memories of the destiny of Jesus can be a source of transformation, and that to appropriate the memory of Jesus in the expectation that it liberates us from our enslavement is to offer a new and creative understanding of the Atonement." "This book is a profound work of synthesis, whereby the modern post-Freudian world can engage with the Christian tradition to find a new liberty, both for individuals and for society."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Christianity, Memory, Psychology, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Memory, Salvation, Atonement
LC classification: BV4597.565 .E55 1995