God & Soul Care: The Therapeutic Resources of the Christian Faith

by Eric L. Johnson

Publisher:

IVP Academic

, 2017

Overview

In God and Soul Care, a companion to his Foundations for Soul Care, Eric L. Johnson explores the riches of Christian theology from the heights of the Trinity to the mysteries of eschatology, uncovering ample resources for engaging in dialogue with modern psychology. Each chapter not only serves as an overview of a key doctrine but also highlights its therapeutic implications for Christian counseling and psychology. A groundbreaking achievement in the synthesis of theology and psychology, God and Soul Care is an indispensable resource for students, scholars, pastors, and clinicians.

Contents

Top Highlights

“The aim of this book is a synthesis of all relevant biblical, theological, psychological, and philosophical forms of knowledge about human beings with the goal of understanding human beings as comprehensively as possible, that is, as much like God as we can.⁵ It is obvious that this book is more biblical and theological than empirical.” (Page 7)

“God created humans to flourish best when he is the center of their life and his glory is their greatest motive” (Page 4)

“the doxological agenda of the triune God involves a radically different therapeutic orientation” (Page 20)

“According to Edwards (1765/1960), there are two kinds of love” (Page 61)

“‘God is most glorified in us as we are most satisfied in him” (Page 3)

Product Details

• Title: God & Soul Care: The Therapeutic Resources of the Christian Faith
• Author: Eric L. Johnson
• Publisher: IVP Academic
• Print Publication Date: 2017
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Pages: 717
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Theology; Christianity › Psychology; Psychology, Religious; Psychotherapy
• ISBNs: 9780830891610, 9780830851591, 0830891617, 0830851593
• Resource ID: LLS:GODSOULCARE
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:19:30Z

About Eric L. Johnson

Eric L. Johnson (PhD, Michigan State University) trained as an academic psychologist and is Lawrence and Charlotte Hoover Professor of Pastoral Care at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He is the author of Foundations for Soul Care and the coeditor of God Under Fire and Christianity and Psychology: Four Views. An associate editor of the Journal of Psychology and Theology, he is the director of the Society for Christian Psychology and the Institute for Christian Psychology.