Bøger af Eduard Thurneysen

Det er fra fangehuller og fra klamme knejper, fra tøjter, mordere og sindssyge, at man skal høre sandheden. Det vidste Dostojevskij – og han viste det i sine værker. Derfor er han en stor forfatter. Så paradoksalt kan det udtrykkes, når Eduard Thurneysen, en af den dialektiske teologis fædre, i eksalteret og ekspressionistisk Weimarrepublik-stil kaster sig over Dostojevskijs forfatterskab. I anledningen af 200-året for den russiske forfatter F.M. Dostojevskijs fødsel og i 100-året for bogen Dostojevskij (1921) udgives den schweiziske præst Eduard Thurneysens (1888-1974) indflydelsesrige og sprængfarlige bog om Dostojevskijs hovedværker. Undervejs i teksten møder vi et fantastisk og fanatisk persongalleri med repræsentanter fra fortid og samtid. I flæng kan nævnes Vladimir Lenin, maleren El Greco, forfatterne Stefan Zweig, Hermann Hesse, Gottfried Keller, Lev Tolstoj, Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, J.P. Jacobsen, Søren Kierkegaard, Nietzsches Zarathustra, apostlen Paulus, evangelisten Lukas, den kontroversielle teolog Franz Overbeck samt – væsentligst – hovedpersonerne fra Dostojevskijs store romaner.

From a thoroughly biblical viewpoint Eduard Thurneysen probes deeply into the nature and practice of pastoral care. His rich understanding of men, his experience in counseling, and his grasp of theological thought infuse his approach with vitality and truth. As he considers the basis of pastoral care, Thurneysen puts forward the thesis that the purpose of counseling is to communicate the Word of God to individuals. Pastoral care is a ministry along with those of sermon and sacrament; its aim is to lead the counselee back to sermon and sacrament in the worship of the church. Although he does little more than hint at rules and techniques for pastoral care, Thurneysen is greatly concerned with its practical aspects. It is his belief that the care of souls occurs through conversation--confident, open-minded conversation which is founded on the Word of God, informed by prayer, and manifested in active listening to, and acceptance of, the counselee. Thurneysen demonstrates the importance of a knowledge of psychology and the principles of psychotherapy. Depth psychology and psychotherapy deeply enrich our understanding of human nature and serve to communicate the message of forgiveness all the more powerfully. This book provides a critical theological study of the whole field of pastoral care. As a work in practical theology, it will be stimulating and useful to professors of counseling as well as to students in the field. Counselors and pastors will find it helpful because it throws light on the fundamental issues involved in problems which they face in their ministries. Eduard Thurneysen (1888-1974) was a pastor in a Swiss town near where Barth was pastor, and they worked out dialectical theology together. He was later Professor of Theology at Zurich.

Synopsis:"These sermons were prepared from 1920 to 1924. Professor Barth preached some of them while he was minister of the Reformed congregation in Safenwil, Canton Aargau, Switzerland; others in the Reformed Church in Goettingen while he was professor of theology in the University. Pastor Thurneysen at that time preached to the congregation in Bruggen, near St. Gall, Switzerland. The sermons were written not for special occasions but for the regular Sunday morning service, and were addressed to such men and women as one will find in any village or city church--to men and women in the struggle for life, waiting and seeking for God. "Pastor Thurneysen selected the sermons and arranged them according to a scheme that may be indicated by the words Promise, Christ, Christian Living." --from the Translator''s PrefaceAuthor Biography:Karl Barth (1886-1968) the Swiss Reformed professor and pastor, was once described by Pope Pius XII as the most important theologian since Thomas Aquinas. As principal author of The Barmen Declaration, he was the intellectual leader of the German Confessing Church--the Protestant group that resisted the Third Reich. Barth''s teaching career spanned nearly five decades. Removed from his post at Bonn by the Nazis in late 1934, Barth moved to Basel where he taught until 1962. Among Barth''s many books, sermons, and essays are the Epistle to the Romans, Humanity of God, Evangelical Theology, and Church Dogmatics.Eduard Thurneysen (1888-1974) was a pastor in a Swiss town near where Barth was pastor, and they worked out dialectical theology together. He was later Professor of Theology at Zurich.