Erik Erikson’s Verbal Portraits

Donald Capps, PhD, is emeritus professor of pastoral theology and adjunct professor at Princeton Theological Seminary.

• Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Identity Concept and the Verbal Portrait 2. Creative Recovery: Portrait of Martin Luther 3. Mutual Recognition: Portrait of Mohandas Gandhi 4. Radiant Intelligence: Portrait of Albert Einstein 5. Self-Reconciliation: Portrait of Jesus of Galilee Epilogue Bibliography

Capps is on form. Much like Erikson’s work in his own time, Capps delivers a new way of looking at things ‘already familiar.’ Readers will not be disappointed. These beautiful and articulate depictions of Erikson’s verbal portraits give us a new way of looking at the ‘already familiar’ life and achievements of Erikson as a portraitist. I have never seen Erikson in this way before. I admire and deeply enjoy what this book accomplishes.