Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity, Third Edition: An Introduction to Worldview Issues, Philosophical Foundations, and Models of Integration

by David N. Entwistle

Publisher:

Cascade Books

, 2015

Overview

Professor David Entwistle's Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity is now available in a fully revised 3rd edition. Changes and additions have made throughout this unique volume, including: * 42 additional pages * expanded list of models discussed * more questions for discussions, and * an updated bibliography. As disciplines, psychology and theology share an overlapping interest in the nature and functioning of human beings. This book provides an introduction to many of the worldview issues and philosophical foundations that frame the relationship of psychology and theology, includes scholarly reflection on the integration literature, and surveys five paradigms of possible relationships between psychology and Christianity.

The book is designed to help readers become aware of the presuppositional backdrops that each of us brings to these issues, and to understand various approaches for relating psychology and Christianity as partly based on presuppositional assumptions. Questions at the end of each chapter are included to help readers evaluate both the material and their own burgeoning approach to integration. This book is ideal as a textbook for students of psychology and other behavioral and social sciences (social work, sociology, theology, counseling, pastoral counseling) at both the graduate and undergraduate level. It is also written for the broader readership of psychologists, counselors, pastors, and others who are interested in integration.

Key Features

• Seeks to help Christians who are interested in the study or application of psychology
• Affirms that it is possible to make intentional and productive links between Christian faith and life
• Attempts to bring about a more adequate and sophisticated answer to the question of how Christian faith intersects with psychology

Contents

• Introduction: The Fork in the Road
• The Question of Necessity: Athens and Jerusalem
• Allies or Enemies? Historical Views on Faith and Science
• The Soul of Psychology and the Psyche of the Soul
• Windows on the World: Assumptions and Worldviews
• The Pursuit of Truth: Epistemoloy - Ways of Knowing
• The Nature of the World: Metaphysics
• The Nature of Humanity: Philosophical Anthropology
• Understanding and Making Models
• Antagonistic Models of Disciplinary Relationship: Enemies
• Antagonistic Models of Disciplinary Relationship: Spies, Colonialists, Rebuilders, and Neutral Parties
• Integrative Models of Disciplinary Relationship: Allies
• Integration in Research and Practice
• Discerning Your Place in the Integration Story

Top Highlights

“Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that deals with the grounds and nature of knowledge.” (source)

“Theological reflection typically focuses on God’s workings in the world. It tells us the story of God’s involvement with the world in creation and redemption. Psychological reflection typically focuses more on the workings of God’s world. It helps us understand the mechanisms through which much of human behavior is mediated.” (source)

“There are two versions of the Enemies model: Secular Combatants and Christian Combatants.” (source)

“Christian theology is developed and organized around concepts such as creation, sin, grace, redemption, and revelation” (source)

“I argue that the integration of psychology and Christianity involves two key elements. First, integration is predicated on identifying key Christian commitments that shape how we understand human beings, their relationship to God and to others, and their potentials and their problems.” (source)

Praise for Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity, Third Edition

This book . . . has been an invaluable text that has provided a unifying foundation to my course in Psychology and Christianity for years. This text provides the history, philosophical foundations, and conceptual framework to assist students in the complex task of relating Christianity to psychology. It also provides the metacognitive knowledge needed to evaluate psychological theories and research findings far into their future.

--Scott White, Clinical Psychologist, Professor of Psychology, Belhaven University

With this third edition, David Entwistle has improved an already excellent text. The new edition includes significant and expanded coverage of intellectual virtues, as well as contemporary issues in integration, such as how integration might be affected by the emphases of different denominations. Throughout, Entwistle focuses on the possibilities of, and obstacles to, truly integrative work. Students using this new edition will benefit both from its comprehensiveness and clarity.

--John D. Carter, Adjunct Professor, California Baptist University

For twenty years, I have taught an introductory course on Integration . . . Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity has been on my required textbook list for almost a decade. David Entwistle masterfully tackles critical topics such as kinds, barriers, models, assumptions, and methods of integration, and he weaves church history and philosophy into each discussion. If integration has been a daunting subject, this third edition is a plucky companion for the learning journey.

--Keith A. Puffer, Professor of Psychology, Indiana Wesleyan University

Product Details

• Title: Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity: An Introduction to Worldview Issues, Philosophical Foundations, and Models of Integration
• Author: David N. Entwistle
• Edition: Third Edition
• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Print Publication Date: 2015
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Pages: 365
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Christian philosophy; Christianity › Psychology; Psychology and religion
• ISBNs: 9781498223492, 9781498223485, 9781592447992, 1498223494, 1498223486, 1592447996
• Resource ID: LLS:9781498223492
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-11-27T19:29:19Z