Love Does Not Control
Author | : Thomas Oord |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-02-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 1948609851 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781948609852 |
Rating | : 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: That love does not control seems obvious to many people. And yet the temptation to control-often with good motives - is strong. The long-term results of yielding to this temptation damage everyone. Contributors to this book explore uncontrolling love and a vision of God as uncontrolling. They do so from their perspectives as therapists, psychologists, and counselors. These writers ponder what uncontrolling love might mean for human healing.Open and relational theology operates as the underlying framework for most contributors. That theology fits nicely with the belief that love is uncontrolling. Open and relational theology rethinks divine power in light of love and postulates what it might mean for creatures to imitate their Creator's uncontrolling love. The essays in this book are diverse. Readers may discover some differences of opinion as they move from essay to essay. But contributors share in common the quest to explore what uncontrolling love means for issues in counseling, psychology, and/or therapy. These essays have a power that goes beyond mere theoretical reflection. The ideas in these pages have the capacity to transform our living. And even reading this book has the potential to become an exercise in uncontrolling love!