Neil Pembroke

Moving Toward Spiritual Maturity (eBook, ePUB)

Psychological, Contemplative, and Moral Challenges in Christian Living

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Moving Toward Spiritual Maturity: Psychological, Contemplative, and Moral Challenges in Christian Living uses examples from everyday life to provide a thoughtful, integrative exploration of the journey to spiritual maturity through three interrelated perspectives: psychotherapeutic psychology, prayer and contemplation, and moral theology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136450150
• Artikelnr.: 38405072

Autorenporträt

Neil Pembroke

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
PART I: SETTING THE SCENE
Chapter 1. Setting the Scene: Self-Fulfillment and Vocation
Psychological Approaches to Personal Fulfillment
Continuities and Discontinuities with the Christian Tradition
The Way of Love
Balancing Self-Giving and Self-Love
PART II: TOWARD PSYCHOLOGICAL WHOLENESS
Chapter 2. Wholeness in the Community of the Self
The Self and Its Subselves
Freud and Berne on Suppression of Selves
Suppression of Selves and the Christian Life
Kohut and Jung on Disowning Selves
Working with Disowned Subselves
Morally Relevant Selves
The Spirit and the Christian's Moral Imperative
Summary
Chapter 3. Wholeness, Not Perfection
The Bind of Perfectionism
Christ and Individuation
Paul and the Inner Struggle
Reconciliation of Inner Opposites
Completeness in Christ
Summary
Chapter 4. Cognitive Reframing and Perfectionism
Guilt-Based and Shame-Based Perfectionism
The Basics of Cognitive Therapy
Dealing with Shame-Based Perfectionism
Summary
PART III: PRAYER, CONTEMPLATION, AND CONVERSION
Chapter 5. Spirituality in the Everyday World
Spirituality and Nature
The Spirit of the City
A Spirituality of Time
Spirituality in Marriage and Family
Spirituality and Public Life
Summary
Chapter 6. Conversion to the True Self
True and False Selves
Storied Prayer: Remembering, Attending, and Choosing
Summary
Chapter 7. Conversion to Compassion
Compassion in the Bible
Compassion As Hospitality
The Compassionate Community
Prayer As Solidarity
Summary
PART IV: CONSCIENCE AND RESPONSIBILITY
Chapter 8. Conscience and Contrast Experiences
Defining Conscience
Conscience and Vision
Conscience and Living a Vision for Discipleship
Summary
Chapter 9. The Agape Response
Agape
Outka and Universal Love
Post and Communion
Self-Sacrifice and Oppression
Summary
Chapter 10. The Virtues of Responsibility
Aristotle on Virtue
Aquinas on Virtue
The Virtuous Christian
Summary
Notes
Bibliography
Index