Psychotic Entelechy

The Dangers of Spiritual Gifts Theology

Stan A. Lindsay (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

204 Seiten

2006
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-3493-9 (ISBN)

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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."

In his earlier book, Implicit Rhetoric: Kenneth Burke's Extension of Aristotle's Concept of Entelechy, author Stan Lindsay presented the concept of psychotic entelechy, which is based on Burke's writings. In this new work, Lindsay expands upon the concept of psychotic entelechy by analyzing the religious motives behind the dangerous behavior of some individuals and organizations. Psychotic Entelechy also illustrates the curative aspect of the Burkean methods and presents key indicators of psychotic entelechy. The hope, and ultimate goal, is that as readers learn to identify psychotic entelechy in their own lives and/or the lives of those whom they influence or who influence them, the dangers will be diminished.

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.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.10.2006
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 217 mm
Gewicht	281 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychosen
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
ISBN-10	0-7618-3493-1 / 0761834931
ISBN-13	978-0-7618-3493-9 / 9780761834939
Zustand	Neuware