Psychology in the Spirit

by Coe, John

• ISBN13: 9780830828135
• ISBN10: 0830828133
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-02-28
• Publisher: Ivp Academic

Summary

Pop psychology, with its ubiquitous half-truths, is the product of an attachment disorder of the deepest kind that binds us to false ways of living and false perceptions of what is real. What we need, argue John Coe and Todd Hall, is a truly transformative psychology that is thoroughly integrated with, informed by and shaped by the rich Christian tradition of spiritual formation. What we need is a psychology transformed by the Spirit.

Author Biography

Mark A. Yarhouse, Psy.D., Hughes Chair of Christian Thought in Mental Health Practice and Professor of Psychology, Regent University John H. Coe (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine) is the director of the Institute for Spiritual Formation at Biola University, La Mirada, California. He is also associate professor of spiritual theology and philosophy at the Rosemead Graduate School of Psychology. Todd W. Hall (Ph.D., Biola University) is director of the Institute for Research on Psychology and Spirituality at Biola University. He is also an associate professor of psychology at Biola and the editor of the Journal of Psychology and Theology.

Table of Contents

Series Preface	p. 11
Acknowledgments	p. 31
Introduction: Psychology at Confession	p. 33
Our Journeys Toward a Transformational Psychology	p. 45
Foundations for a Transformational Psychology
Ways of Seeing Christianity and Psychology	p. 57
Foundations and Contours of a Transformational Psychology	p. 74
Transformation of the Psychologist and the Spiritual-Epistemological Disciplines and Virtues (Level 1)	p. 105
Methodology for Doing Transformational Psychology in The Spirit (Level 2)
Methodological Problems Confronting Contemporary Psychology as a Science	p. 121
An Old Testament Model for a Transformational Science and Psychology	p. 132
Faith and Reality Constraints on Doing Psychology in the Spirit	p. 166
The Knowledge Spiral in a Science of Values	p. 182
The Content of a Transformational Psychology (Level 3)
The Data for a Transformational Psychology and the Uniqueness of Scripture	p. 201
The Person as Spirit: Personal Identity, Natures, Freedom and Relationality	p. 212
The Person as Spirit: Human Attachment and Relationality	p. 234
The Person as Spirit: Beyond Relationality to Union	p. 261
A Transformational Approach to Psychopathology, Sin and the Demonic	p. 271
A Transformational Psychology of Health and Wholeness Inside and Outside of Faith	p. 306
Transformational Psychology and The Praxis of Soul Care (Level 4)
Psychotherapy and the Spiritual Stories We Live By	p. 337
Ancient and Modern Soul Care: Toward Mending the Split Between Mind and Spirit	p. 363
The Ultimate Goal of a Transformational Psychology (Level 5)
Transformational Psychology in the Christian University and Seminary	p. 409
Bibliography	p. 423
Subject and Author Index	p. 439
Scripture Index	p. 445
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