Psychology in Christian Perspective

Psychology in Christian Perspective
Author: Harold Faw
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1995-06
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0801020123

Following the standard progression of introductory study, the chapters of this book identify and discuss issues in tension between faith and psychology. Faw suggests that Christian perspectives bring needed diversity to the study of mind and behavior.

Social Psychology in Christian Perspective

Social Psychology in Christian Perspective
Author: Angela M. Sabates
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 567
Release: 2012-11-14
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0830866418

Angela Sabates offers a well-researched social psychology textbook that makes full use of the unique view of human persons coming down to us from the Christian tradition. She highlights Christian contributions to a wide range of questions from the dynamics of persuasion to the social psychology of violence.

Positive Psychology in Christian Perspective

Positive Psychology in Christian Perspective
Author: Charles Hackney
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2021-03-16
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0830828710

Positive psychology is about fostering strength and living well—about how to do a good job at being human. Charles Hackney connects this still-new movement to foundational concepts in philosophy and Christian theology. He then explores topics such as subjective states, cognitive processes, and the roles of personality, relationships, and environment.

Psychology and Christianity

Psychology and Christianity
Author: Eric L. Johnson
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2009-08-20
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830876618

How are Christians to understand and undertake the discipline of psychology? This question has been of keen interest because of the importance we place on a correct understanding of human nature.This collection of essays edited by Eric Johnson and Stanton Jones offers four different models for the relationship between Christianity and psychology.

Exploring Psychology and Christian Faith

Exploring Psychology and Christian Faith
Author: Paul Moes
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2014-09-02
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441246444

Introductory psychology courses can raise significant questions about the nature of being human. Christianity, with its emphasis on humans made in the image of God, has a clear perspective. Psychology offers answers too, but they are often subtly implied. This introductory guide, drawn from more than fifty years of classroom experience, provides students with a coherent framework for considering psychology from a Christian perspective. The authors explore biblical themes of human nature in relation to all major areas of psychology, showing how a Christian understanding of humans can inform the study of psychology. Brief, accessible chapters correspond to standard introductory psychology textbooks, making this an excellent supplemental text. End-of-chapter questions are included. A test bank for professors is available through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources.

Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity, Fourth Edition

Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity, Fourth Edition
Author: David N. Entwistle
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2021-11-03
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1725262355

Since the first edition of Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity was published in 2004, this has become the standard textbook on the topic. Now in its fully revised fourth edition, Dr. Entwistle’s book elucidates historical, philosophical, and practical issues in the integration of psychology and Christianity. As in previous editions, the current text provides an introduction to many of the worldview issues and philosophical foundations that frame the relationship of psychology and theology, includes scholarly reflection on the integration literature, and surveys six models of possible relationships between psychology and Christianity, ranging from those that are completely opposed to either religion or psychology, to intermediate models that assert that some limited interaction between them is possible, to viewpoints which suggest that a Christian worldview approach can be used to provide a context for exploring areas of overlapping interest between psychology and Christianity. The current edition considers recent advances in both Catholic and Protestant thinking on integration, including contemporary questions about what evangelicalism is (and is not) that shape evangelical reactions to the integration debate. New content ranges from information about the contrasting views of Tertullian and Augustine, to insights from contemporary psychology about factors that adversely affect the quality and reliability of human thinking, to how conflict over COVID-19 has entered contemporary religious debate. The book is designed to help readers become aware of the presuppositional backdrops that each of us brings to these issues. Questions at the end of each chapter are included to help readers evaluate both the material and their own burgeoning approach to integration. This book is ideal as a textbook for students of psychology and other behavioral and social sciences (social work, sociology, theology, counseling, pastoral counseling) at both the graduate and undergraduate level. It is also written for the broader readership of psychologists, counselors, pastors, and others who are interested in integration.

Assessment for Counseling in Christian Perspective

Assessment for Counseling in Christian Perspective
Author: Stephen P. Greggo
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2019-03-19
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0830897119

Assessment in counseling is an ongoing and dynamic routine to encourage movement in a productive direction toward what is truly best. In this Christian perspective on assessment, Stephen P. Greggo equips counselors to put assessment techniques into practical use, charting a course for care that brings best practices of the profession together with practices of Christian discipleship.

The Integration of Psychology and Christianity

The Integration of Psychology and Christianity
Author: William L. Hathaway
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2021-08-17
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0830841849

Done properly, integration enriches our understanding of both Christianity and psychology. Through biblical and theological grounding, this expert overview takes stock of the integration project to date, provides an introduction for those who wish to come on board, highlights work yet to be done, and offers a framework to strategically organize next steps.