Soren Kierkegaard's Christian Psychology: Insight for Counseling & Pastoral Care - C. Stephen Evans

Descriere Soren Kierkegaard's Christian Psychology: Insight for Counseling & Pastoral Care - C. Stephen Evans

Evans unfolds the implications and effects of the human desire for wholeness and growth of the self. \nFew writer-philosophers of the past have evoked as much curiosity in the twentieth century than Soren Kierkegaard. The further one probes into his thought the more his ideas prove to have relevance for the modern world and especially to Christians. Such is the case with psychology. \nFor Kierkegaard, the study of psychology is intrinsically linked with the task of personal becoming, reflecting his own struggle to overcome the dark and cheerless environment of his early life. His interpretive framework os consciously Christian. In his view, humankind was made for relation with God, and this recognition is basic to self-understanding. But in self-deception and rebellion against God, human beings are constantly resisting their own true happiness and fighting against their own best interests.\n \nOn this Kierkegaardian premise, C. Stephen Evans unfolds the implications and effects of this human desire for wholeness and growth of the self. This book is written for psychologists, pastors, counselors, and ordinary people struggling to understand themselves and others.\n

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Regent College Publishing

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9781573830386

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