Psychodrama for Fallen Gods: A Review of Morenian Theology
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In recent years, there has been a coverup ofJ. L. Moreno's early theory of the Godhead in the literature and practice of psychodrama. This is a summary of a theology of psychodrama based on the writings of Moreno. As a therapeutic procedure, psychodrama is considered in light of a paradoxical relationship between humanity and divinity. Specifically, psychodrama is interpreted as the resolution of a person's wish to be God with a realization of being human. The dynamic separation and connection between an individual and a cosmic universe is explored in relationship to the psychodramatic theory of child development, role reversal, and surplus reality. Attention is focused around Moreno's notions of the Godhead, the marriage of science and religion, and experimental
theology. Various religious and philosophical personalities have influenced Moreno's pragmatic theology of psychodrama. The present psychodrama profession 1s apparently separated from its own theological origins.
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