Description: Attempts to demonstrate the radical relationality and interdependence of all human beings and God. Analyzing the inadequacies in traditional Christian treatments of moral evil and moral good, the author attempts to construct new theological foundations for soteriology and Christology.
Brief description: Dr. Surrey, a clinical psychologist and a Founding Scholar at the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute of the Stone Center at Wellesley College, has become a spiritual teacher in the meditation tradition of Buddhism. In addition to her own writings, Janet Surrey has co-authored several books with her spouse, Steven Bergman (pen name: Samuel Shem). Drs. Surrey and Bergman's acclaimed play, Bill W. and Dr. Bob, centers on the powerful relationship between the two men who founded Alcoholics Anonymous in the 1930s, a relational movement which has become a source of healing and hope for people throughout the world.
Review Quotes: ...indicates the depth of erudition that undergirds Isabel Carter Heyward's vision.