Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity, 4th Edition: An Introduction to Worldview Issues, Philosophical Foundations, and Models of Integration
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Overview
Since the first edition of Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity was published in 2004, this has become the standard textbook on the topic. Now in its fully revised fourth edition, Dr. Entwistle's book elucidates historical, philosophical, and practical issues in the integration of psychology and Christianity. As in previous editions, the current text 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 six models of possible relationships between psychology and Christianity, ranging from those that are completely opposed to either religion or psychology, to intermediate models that assert that some limited interaction between them is possible, to viewpoints which suggest that a Christian worldview approach can be used to provide a context for exploring areas of overlapping interest between psychology and Christianity.
The current edition considers recent advances in both Catholic and Protestant thinking on integration, including contemporary questions about what evangelicalism is (and is not) that shape evangelical reactions to the integration debate. New content ranges from information about the contrasting views of Tertullian and Augustine, to insights from contemporary psychology about factors that adversely affect the quality and reliability of human thinking, to how conflict over COVID-19 has entered contemporary religious debate.
The book is designed to help readers become aware of the presuppositional backdrops that each of us brings to these issues. 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.
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- Provides an introduction to many of the worldview issues and philosophical foundations
- Helps as a textbook for students of psychology and others who are interested in integration
- Contains questions at the end of each chapter to help readers evaluate both the material and their own burgeoning approach to integration
- 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: Epistemology—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
- Intermediate 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
A personal travel guide into the beautiful and bewildering landscape of Christian faith and its complex relationship to psychology, with a thoughtful and careful buildup of the worldview and philosophical underpinnings of the various approaches.
—R. J. Filius, Health Psychologist and Psychotherapist
Writing in an engaging, personal style, Dr. David Entwistle provides an up-to-date, thoughtful, carefully researched overview of a huge array of scholarly literature relevant to the psychology/Christianity integration. He manages to strike just the right balance, providing a ‘big picture’ perspective on the field while carefully attending to its many nuances.
—Julie Exline, Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, Case Western Reserve University
A thorough, authoritative, and personal text on the integration of psychology and Christianity—written out of a posture of humility. Entwistle captures well the nuances and latest developments in the philosophical, empirical, and embodied dimensions of integration.
—David C. Wang, Associate Professor of Psychology, Biola University
- Title: Integrative Approaches to Psychology and Christianity, 4th Edition: An Introduction to Worldview Issues, Philosophical Foundations, and Models of Integration
- Author: David N. Entwistle
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2021
- Pages: 414
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- ISBNs: 9781725262355, 9781725262362, 9781725262379, 1725262355, 1725262363, 1725262371
- Resource ID: LLS:NTGRTVPPRCH4DTN
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:56:04Z