| Christianity & Psychoanalysis: A New Conversation Contributor(s): Bland, Earl D. (Editor), Strawn, Brad D. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0830828567 ISBN-13: 9780830828562 Publisher: IVP Academic OUR PRICE: $36.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Counseling & Recovery - Religion | Philosophy |
| Dewey: 261.515 |
| LCCN: 2014004274 |
| Series: Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.00 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Unsurprisingly, given Sigmund Freud's understanding of religion, the conversation between Christianity and psychoanalysis has long been marked by mutual suspicion. Psychoanalysis originated within a naturalist, post-Enlightenment context and sought to understand human functioning and pathology--focusing on phenomena such as the unconscious and object representation--on a strictly empirical basis. Given certain accounts of divine agency and human uniqueness, psychoanalytic work was often seen as competitive with a Christian understanding of the human person. The contributors to Christianity and Psychoanalysis seek to start a new conversation. Aided by the turn to relationality in theology, as well as by a noncompetitive conception of God's transcendence and agency, this book presents a fresh integration of Christian thought and psychoanalytic theory. The immanent processes identified by psychoanalysis need not compete with Christian theology but can instead be the very means by which God is involved in human existence. The Christian study of psychoanalysis can thus serve the flourishing of God's kingdom. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bland, Earl D.: - Earl D. Bland (PsyD, Illinois School of Professional Psychology) is professor of psychology and chair of the department of behavioral sciences at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas.Strawn, Brad D.: - Brad D. Strawn (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is the Evelyn and Frank Freed Professor of the Integration of Psychology and Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary, School of Psychology. He has post-doctoral training in psychoanalysis and is a licensed psychologist. He is coauthor (with Warren S. Brown) ofThe Physical Nature of Christian Life: Neuroscience, Psychology and the Church (2012, Cambridge) and coeditor of Wesleyan Theology and Social Science: The Dance of Practical Divinity and Discovery (Cambridge). Strawn has also published widely on psychology, psychoanalysis and Wesleyan theology. |