Coming to Peace with Psychology What Christians Can Learn from Psychological Science by Everett L Worthington Jr

Coming to Peace with Psychology What Christians Can Learn from Psychological Science by Everett L Worthington Jr

Religion and science have often been at odds. In particular, Christianity and psychology have not always gotten along. Some Christians are still suspicious of psychological findings. But researcher Everett Worthington argues that Christians can know people better--and even know God better--through psychological science. Worthington suggests that the relationship between psychological science and Christianity is less like a war or mere dialogue and more like an emerging marriage. In this relational model of psychology and Christianity, there may be marital spats at times but also great potential for an intimate, mutually fulfilling relationship. Worthington demonstrates how the tools of experimental psychology shed light on human nature and the nature of God. Because people bear the image of God, the findings of psychological science help us understand both people and God more clearly. Psychological science provides new perspectives on theology and can help us address theological controversies and hot topics. Worthington gives recent examples of illuminating psychological findings, examines the distortions of the image of God through the effects of sin and points to ways that psychology assists Christians in living more virtuously. Psychology can contribute to the Christian life, because all of us, psychologists and non-psychologists alike, are human and can benefit from better understanding our fellow humankind. Beyond integrating Christian and psychological truths, this book uncovers new relationships between science and religion, demonstrates psychology's benefits to theology, and helps Christians live a redeemed life that is pleasing to God.

L. Everett Everett L. Everett L. Ever Professor of psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University, Worthington Jr. has a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri. He is a former executive director of the Templeton Foundation's A Campaign for Forgiveness Research and a certified clinical psychologist. Since the 1980s, Worthington has been researching forgiveness and has published over 200 articles and papers on forgiveness, marriage and family, psychotherapy, and virtue in a number of journals and magazines. He served on the editorial boards of numerous professional publications and was the founding editor of Marriage and Family: A Christian Journal.

He's appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, and The 700 Club, as well as in award-winning forgiveness documentaries including The Power of Forgiveness and The Big Question. He is the author of seventeen publications, including Forgiving and Reconciling, Hope-Focused Marriage Therapy, and Handbook of Forgiveness.

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ISBN 13	9780830838820
ISBN 10	0830838821
Title	Coming to Peace with Psychology What Christians Can Learn from Psychological Science
Author	Everett L Worthington Jr
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	InterVarsity Press
Year published	2010-07-23
Number of pages	304
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