Psychology & Christianity: Five Views

by Johnson, Eric L.

• ISBN13: 9780830828487
• ISBN10: 0830828486
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-01
• Publisher: Ivp Academic

Summary

How are Christians to understand and undertake the discipline of psychology? This question has been of keen interest (and sometimes concern) to Christians because of the importance we place on a correct understanding of human nature.

Psychology can sometimes seem disconnected from, if not antithetical to, Christian perspectives on life. How are we to understand our Christian beliefs about persons in relation to secular psychological beliefs? This revised edition of a widely appreciated text now presents five models for understanding the relationship between psychology and Christianity.

All the essays and responses have been reworked and updated with some new contributors including the addition of a new perspective, the transformative view from John Coe and Todd Hall (Biola University).

Also found here is David Powlison (Westminster Theological Seminary) who offers the biblical counseling model. The levels-of-explanation model is advanced by David G. Myers (Hope College), while Stanton L. Jones (Wheaton College) offers an entirely new chapter presenting the integration model. The Christian psychology model is put forth by Robert C. Roberts (Baylor University) now joined by Paul J. Watson (University of Tennesee, Chattanooga).

Each of the contributors responds to the other essayists, noting points of agreement as well as problems they see. Eric L. Johnson provides a revised introduction that describes the history of Christians and psychology, as well as a conclusion that considers what might unite the five views and how a reader might evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses of each view. Psychology and Christianity: Five Views has become a standard introductory textbook for students and professors of Christian psychology. This revision promises to keep it so.

Author Biography

Eric L. Johnson (Ph.D., Michigan State University) is Lawrence and Charlotte Hoover Professor of Pastoral Care at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He is editor of God Under Fire and the author of Foundations for Soul Care. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Psychology and Theology, Journal of Psychology and Christianity, and the Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care. In addition he is the director of the Society for Christian Psychology (AACC).

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	p. 7
A Brief History of Christians in Psychology	p. 9
A Levels-of-Explanation View	p. 49
Integration Response	p. 79
Christian Psychology Response	p. 85
Transformational Psychology Response	p. 90
Biblical Counseling Response	p. 96
An Integration View	p. 101
Levels-of-Explanation Response	p. 129
Christian Psychology Response	p. 132
Transformational Psychology Response	p. 137
Biblical Counseling Response	p. 143
A Christian Psychology View	p. 149
Levels-of-Explanation Response	p. 179
Integration Response	p. 183
Transformational Psychology Response	p. 188
Biblical Counseling Response	p. 194
A Transformational Psychology View	p. 199
Levels-of-Explanation Response	p. 227
Integration Response	p. 230
Christian Psychology Response	p. 236
Biblical Counseling Response	p. 241
A Biblical Counseling View	p. 245
Levels-of-Explanation Response	p. 274
Integration Response	p. 276
Christian Psychology Response	p. 282
Transformational Psychology Response	p. 287
Gaining Understanding Through Five Views	p. 292
Name Index	p. 314
Subject Index	p. 316
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