A Peaceable Psychology: Christian Therapy in a World of Many Cultures

A Peaceable Psychology: Christian Therapy in a World of Many Cultures

A Peaceable Psychology: Christian Therapy in a World of Many Cultures

A Peaceable Psychology: Christian Therapy in a World of Many Cultures

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Overview

In the past century psychology has been practiced in the manner of medical science, working from the assumption that therapy can transcend particular ethnic and religious traditions. Seeking to move the conversation forward, this book argues for a theologically, culturally, and politically sensitive psychotherapy whereby the Christian psychologist treats the patient according to the particulars of the patient's political situation and ethnic and religious tradition, while acknowledging the role of his or her own Christian story in therapeutic dialogue. The authors point to the life of Jesus as the foundation on which to build a therapeutic ethic, appropriating the story of his life to bring healing.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781441207975
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/01/2009
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 288
File size: 460 KB

About the Author

Alvin Dueck (PhD, Stanford University), a licensed psychologist, is the Evelyn and Frank Freed Professor of the Integration of Psychology and Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. He is coauthor of The Living God and Our Living Psyche. Kevin Reimer (PhD, Fuller Graduate School of Psychology) is professor of psychology at Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Suffering, Symptoms, and the Cross
2. Constantine, American Empire, and "Yankee Doodling"
3. Boutique Multiculturalism
4. Secularese as Lingua Franca
5. Mother Tongues and Trade Languages
6. Thick Clients and Thin Therapists
7. Morality: Abstract and Traditioned
8. Sacred Order and a Prozac god
9. A Peaceable Psychology
10. What Difference Would Jesus Make?
Conclusion
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