Limning the Psyche, Explorations in Christian Psychology

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ISBN: 9780802843319

By: Robert C. Robers, Mark R. Talbot

Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. / 1997 / Paperback

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A wonderfully rich, innovative, and intellectually stimulating attempt to rescue our understanding of persons from psychology's prevailing obsession with mental mechanics. Such a work is essential reading for anyone wishing to preserve the inspirational resources of the Christian tradition, and it should serve as a welcoming invitation to others whose traditions are dispossessed by the other wise narrow scope of contemporary psychology.

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Title: Limning the Psyche, Explorations in Christian Psychology
By: Robert C. Robers, Mark R. Talbot
Format: Paperback
Vendor: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Publication Date: 1997

Dimensions: 9 X 6 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 2 ounces
ISBN: 080284331X
ISBN-13: 9780802843319
Stock No: WW284331X

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Today Americans tend to turn to psychology when they want to understand themselves, and in this way we differ from people of previous ages who understood themselves primarily in terms of morality and religion. Christians, however, may legitimately worry that this cultural shift in personality is not entirely healthy. Limning the Psyche explores this issue in depth. Sixteen original essays by respected psychologists, theologians, and philosophers look at the practice of psychology from a Christian perspective, discuss the possibility and parameters of a distinctly Christian psychology, explore teh psychological implications of the Christian view of human nature, and more.

Contributors:
Diogenes Allen
Paul Griffiths
A. A. Howsepain
Eric L. Johnson
Stanton Jones
Jean-Marc Laporte
James Martin
Cynthia Jones Neal
Dennis Okholm
Cornelius Plantinga Jr.
L. Rebecca Propst
Robert C. Roberts
Walter Sundberg
Mark Talbot
Paul Vitz

Author Bio

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Robert C. Roberts is Distinguished Professor of Ethics at Baylor University, Waco, Texas. Among his other books are Taking the Word to Heart: Self and Others in an Age of Therapies (Eerdmans) and (with Jay Wood) Intellectual Virtues: An Essay in Regulative Epistemology (Oxford).

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Prespectives on Science and Christian Faith
"Despite its puzzling title, Limning the Psyche comprises a stimulating and illuminating collection of essays reflecting on human nature and experience from a Christian perspective. . . This book will appeal to thoughtful Christians wishing to deepen their grasp of the ways in which disciplines such as theology, philosophy, and history can enlighten contemporary psychology. If you would like to know more about how historic Christian faith enriches our psychology, and you don't mind having your thinking challenged, Limning the Psyche should definitely go on your reading list."

Religious Studies Review
"A fascinating document that should not be ignored by those interested in the tensions between religion and psychology."