The Sacrament of Psychology: Psychology and Religion in the Postmodern American Church

by Cox, Richard H., MD, Ph.d.

• ISBN13: 9781608995653
• ISBN10: 1608995658
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-01
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub

Summary

This book is controversial. It is intended to provoke thought and hopefully action--action that will benefit the current practices of both religion and of psychology. As St. Peter wrote: "Be always in readiness to make an answer to anyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is with you, yet with gentleness and reverence" (1 Peter 3:15).

Author Biography

Richard H. Cox, author, psychologist, physician, and theologian is President Emeritus/Professor of the Forest Institute, an accredited graduate school of professional psychology. He is a charter member of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors (retired) and ordained Presbyterian (U.S.A.) minister. He resides with his wife Betty in Westminster, CO.

Table of Contents

Dedication	p. ix
About the Author	p. xiii
Foreword	p. xv
Preface	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xxi
Apologia	p. xxiii
The Church Has Gone Out of the Religion Business	p. 1
Why America's Churches Are Failing	p. 49
Created in a New Image	p. 117
Here and Now - There and Then	p. 141
The New Snake and the New Garden	p. 163
The "Being Real" Neurosis	p. 187
What We Really Want and Need	p. 205
There Are Answers and It Can Be Fixed	p. 225
Benediction	p. 297
Denouement	p. 299
References	p. 301
Index	p. 307
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