God and Soul Care: The Therapeutic Resources of the Christian Faith
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (755 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0830851593 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 592 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Caught amid the unexpected, we hope for wise counsel that will help us find our way in and through the darkness. Alas, too often we are faced with the dilemma of simplistic Christian counsel or secular psychology that refuses to take our deepest commitments seriously. He not only resists a false dichotomy between faith and the insights of psychology but has devoted his life's work to mapping the intricate networks between Scripture, faith, theology, and psychology. God and Soul Care is a gift, and if it is received as it should be, it will go a long way toward helping shape counseling and counselors so that when we need them they are well-equipped to work alongside God in pointing us down the road of deep healing, to the glory of God and our personal well-being." (Craig G. "God and Soul Care by Eric Johnson is another deep and substantial contribution to the further development
In God and Soul Carea companion to Foundations for Soul CareEric L. Through his incarnation, life, death, resurrection, and exaltation, Christ put to death the soul-disordering consequences of sin and brought about a new creation through union with and conformity to him. God's therapeutic agenda begins in the perfect triune communion of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. A groundbreaking achievement in the synthesis of theology and psychology, God and Soul Care is an indispensable resource for students, scholars, pastors, and clinicians.. Each chapter not only serves as an overview of a key doctrine, but also highlights the therapeutic implications of this doctrine for Christian counseling and psychology. God therapeutically intervened in Jesus Christ to bring about healing in body and soul. Christianity, at its heart, is a therapeutic faitha religion of soul care. The story of Christianity is a story of divine therapy. The triune God created human beings to flourish by participating in his glory, but human beings rebelled against this agenda and fell into the psychopathology of sin. While many Christians are wary of therapy, the Christian tradition is thoroughly therapeutic and contains ample resources for engaging in dialogue with modern psychology. The church as the body of Christ is where God's therapy
He is the author of Foundations for Soul Care and the coeditor of God Under Fire and Christianity and Psychology: Four Views. Eric L. Johnson (PhD, Michigan State University) trained as an academic psychologist and is Lawrence and Charlotte Hoover Professor of Pastoral Care at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary i