Resilience: A Spiritual Project Contributor(s): Birkett, Kirsten (Author) |
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ISBN: 1906327432 ISBN-13: 9781906327439 Publisher: Latimer Trust OUR PRICE: $7.59 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2016 |
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BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - Spiritual Growth - Religion | Christian Ministry - Counseling & Recovery - Religion | Christian Living - Leadership & Mentoring |
Series: Latimer Studies |
Physical Information: 0.16" H x 6" W x 9" (0.25 lbs) 68 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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Publisher Description: The secular world is well aware of the problems of stress. Of recent decades a great deal of attention and research has been devoted to understanding what those who cope well with stress actually do; and, as a result, how to help others learn to do the same things. The psychological construct that has been developed to describe what secular researchers are looking for is 'resilience'. What the literature reveals, however, is that our created natures thrive on spiritual values. What fosters resilience, the qualities and strategies that resilient people demonstrate, are things like religion, altruism and belief in the good. Sometimes these ideas can sit oddly with the naturalistic, pluralistic framework of secular socio-scientific research. However, within a Christian framework. It should not be surprising that what works is just that sort of lifestyle that God created us to have. Kirsty Birkett is Latimer Research Fellow at Oak Hill College, where she is responsible for Learning Architecture and Educational Development, and teaches Ethics, Philosophy and Church History. |