Biblical Faith and Erich Fromm's Theory of Personality
- FROMM complains that Christian faith often falls into the cateory of >authoritarian< faith and thus gives a non-productive orientation so personality by alienating man from himself and his own productive powers through abject submission to an authoritarian God. It takes man away from the possibility of self-realization. Actually faith does not alienate man from his productive powers; it is an affirmation of one's unique existence and a decision to use one's freedom to give meaning and direction to one's life through the commitment of faith. On the other hand man is not completely self-sufficient. Some of the qualities which he identifies as elements of authentic human existence are not the result of man's unaided effort but are a gift from outside himself.
Author: | J. M. Beniskos, James J. Forsyth |
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Parent Title (English): | Revue de l'Universitè d'Ottawa, Ottawa, Vol. 40 (1970), pp. 69-91. |
Document Type: | Articles |
Language: | English |
Year of first Publication: | 1970 |
Release Date: | 2014/01/28 |
Format: | PDF-scan to download |
IdNo: | Beniskos_J_M_and_Forsyth_J_1970 |
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature): | Articles / Artikel |
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive: | Articles / Artikel |
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