Daniel Liechty, Ph.D., D. Min., studied theology and psychotherapy in Europe and the United States. His special interest is the effect of belief systems on human behavior across cultural boundaries. The uathor of four previous books and many professional articles on religious studies, Dr. Liechty practices clinical social work in the Philadelphia area.
Daniel Liechty has made the psychological and theological thought
of Ernest Becker accessible to a whole new generation of
psychotherapists and pastoral counselors. Those who search for thet
boundaries between psychotherapy and theological speculation will
find Tranference and Transcendence to be an enormously helpful
guide. Of special interest to pastoral couselors is Becker's notion
that people do what they do in response fo their denial of death.
Liechty's chapter entitled 'Intimations of Transcendence, '
provides pastoral counselors of all religious denominations
departure points for discussions about symbolic immortality with
clients struggling to find meaning in their lives against the
backdrop of the ontological reality of death..--Rabbi Allan
Cooperman Tuffs, D.Min., Temple Shalom of Bucks Co., PA
Liechty says that he has 'found in Becker's work a significant and
essential contribution to psychological and pastoral counseling.'
After reading Transference and Transcendence, I second that notion.
The book is succinct, precise, and...crystal clear. Informed by
psychology, theology, and the social sciences, it is highly
recommended for psychotherapists and other practicing clinicans.
Moreover, any intelligent person will find this presentation of
Ernest Becker's ideas to be well work reading and re-reading. It is
a book to be treasured.--Martin Goldberg, M.D., Clinical Professor
of Psychiatry and Director of the Division of Family Study, School
of Medicine, University of PA
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