Psychology and Christianity : Five Views.

Intro -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- 1 A Brief History of Christians in Psychology -- Christianity and Science -- Christianity and Psychology -- Late Modernism and the "New Psychology" -- The Church's Intellectual Crisis About Psychology -- Responses of Christians to the "New Psychology" -- Early Evangelical Activity in Psychology -- Introduction of the Authors -- For the Student: Issues That Distinguish Christian Approaches to Psychology -- References -- 2 A Levels-of-Explanation View -- Science and Faith -- Partial Hierarchy of Disciplines -- Relating Christian Faith and Psychological Research -- Psychological Science Supports Family Values -- Faith and Well-Being -- When Psychological Science Challenges Faith -- What Psychological Science and Faith Share in Common -- References -- An Integration Response to Levels of Explanation -- References -- A Christian Psychology Response to Levels of Explanation -- References -- A Transformational Psychology Response to Levels of Explanation -- A Biblical Counseling Response to Levels of Explanation -- Rationality and Irrationality -- Self-Serving Bias and Self-Esteem -- Persons and Situations -- 3 An Integration View -- A Personal Journey -- Going Deeper -- What Does Integration Look Like? -- Engaging Psychotherapy Theories Critically and Constructively -- Sexuality and Homosexuality -- Conclusion -- References -- A Levels-of-Explanation Response to Integration -- A Christian Psychology Response to Integration -- References -- A Transformational Psychology Response to Integration -- Methodology -- What Counts as "Science"? -- Classical-Realist Science -- A Biblical Counseling Response to Integration -- 4 A Christian Psychology View -- One Psychology? Or Many? -- Step One: Retrieving Christian Psychology -- Step Two: Empirical Research within the Christian Tradition.

Operationalizing the Christian Tradition -- Comparative Empirical Investigations in Light of Worldviews -- The Promise of Christian Psychology -- References -- A Levels-of-Explanation Response to Christian Psychology -- References -- An Integration Response to Christian Psychology -- References -- A Transformational Psychology Response to Christian Psychology -- A Biblical Counseling Response to Christian Psychology -- 5 A Transformational Psychology View -- Foundations of Transformational Psychology -- The Existential and Theoretical Framework for a Transformational Psychology: The Person, Process and Product -- Constructing the Contours of a Transformational Psychology -- Conclusion -- References -- A Levels-of-Explanation Response to Transformational Psychology -- An Integration Response to Transformational Psychology -- References -- A Christian Psychology Response to Transformational Psychology -- References -- A Biblical Counseling Response to Transformational Psychology -- 6 A Biblical Counseling View -- Crede ut intelligas -- Psychology? -- Psych-1: How You Work -- Psych-2: Detailed Knowledge of Human Functioning -- Psych-3: Competing Theories of Human Personality -- Psych-4: Practical Applications to Psychotherapy -- Psych-5: A System of Professional and Institutional Arrangements -- Psych-6: A Mass Ethos -- Case Study: "Clyde" -- References -- A Levels-of-Explanation Response to Biblical Counseling -- An Integration Response to Biblical Counseling -- References -- A Christian Psychology Response to Biblical Counseling -- References -- A Transformational Psychology Response to Biblical Counseling -- References -- 7 Gaining Understanding Through Five Views -- Humility: A Virtue Prerequisite for Gaining Understanding -- Multiple Perspectives: The More Sites the Better for Gaining Understanding.

Dialogue: The Sociodiscursive Means for Gaining Understanding -- Communal Traditions: The Sociohistorical Context of Understanding -- Critical Ability: Another Virtue Prerequisite for Gaining Understanding -- Christian Postformal Reconstruction: The Goal of Advanced Understanding -- Gaining Understanding Through Peacemaking -- References -- Notes -- 1: A Brief History of Christians in Psychology -- 2: A Levels-of-Explanation View -- 3: An Integration View -- 4: A Christian Psychology View -- 5: A Transformational Psychology View -- 6: A Biblical Counseling View -- 7: Gaining Understanding Through Five Views -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- Other Books in This Series -- Two Views of Hell: A Biblical &amp -- Theological Dialogue -- Justification: Five Views -- The Lord's Supper: Five Views -- The Meaning of the Millennium: Four Views -- The Historical Jesus: Five Views -- Baptism: Three Views -- What About Those Who Have Never Heard?: Three Views on the Destiny of the Unevangelized -- The Nature of the Atonement: Four Views -- Predestination &amp -- Free Will -- Divine Foreknowledge: Four Views -- Church, State and Public Justice: Five Views -- Women in Ministry: Four Views.

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.

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