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The Evil I Don't Want: A Psychoanalytic Reading of Romans 7:19

The Evil I Don't Want: A Psychoanalytic Reading of Romans 7:19

Mariano, Adao Jose

Paperback

Philosophy

ISBN13: 9798274434133
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 14 2025
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.23 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: Portuguese
SYNOPSIS:

In this profound and revealing book, the author explores the paths of psychoanalysis, philosophy, and spirituality to decipher the most intimate conflict of the human soul. Starting from Romans 7:19, he demonstrates that evil is not an external force that dominates us, but a part of ourselves that calls for reconciliation. Freud, Jung, Viktor Frankl, Byung-Chul Han, and other thinkers dialogue here with Paul of Tarsus in a language that unites science and mystery, reason and faith, analysis and prayer. Through clinical cases, reflections, and personal experiences, the book reveals that grace is not a doctrine, but a state of consciousness-the moment when we stop fighting against ourselves and begin to understand who we are. A vigorous, dense, and transformative essay on the unconscious, guilt, desire, and freedom. An invitation for each reader to recognize, in the evil they don't want, the mirror of their own humanity-and to discover that it is precisely there that the possibility of healing resides.

Central Thesis

The conflict between the good we desire and the evil we do is not a moral failing, but a structure of human consciousness. True liberation-psychological and spiritual-is born when the subject recognizes this conflict as part of their totality and transforms it into wisdom. In other words: grace is lucidity in the face of one's own shadow.

Target Audience Scholars and professionals in psychology, philosophy, and theology; Readers of contemporary spirituality and profound self-knowledge; Therapists, educators, and religious leaders interested in understanding human nature beyond morality and dogma; Readers of authors such as Rubem Alves, Jung, Frankl, James Hollis, Byung-Chul Han, and Thomas Moore.

Key Features of the Work

Unprecedented integration between the Bible and psychoanalysis without religious or scientistic reductionism; Direct references to Freud, Jung, Frankl, Han, Neff, Winnicott, and Lacan, in dialogue with Paul of Tarsus and the Christian tradition; Clinical and narrative cases illustrating the psychic dynamics of guilt, desire, and self-compassion; Practical application: inner transformation, ethics of care, self-knowledge, and reconciliation with one's own shadow; Essayistic and literary style - dense yet accessible language, aimed at both the academic reader and the spiritual seeker.

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