Nye / Savage / Watts Psychology for Christian Ministry

Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-1-134-55156-9
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 336 Seiten

This introduction to psychology has been devised for those training for and working in the clergy. Ideal both as a professional handbook and a textbook, it covers social, developmental, educational, occupational and counselling psychology, as well as the psychology of religion. It carefully considers the processes of personal change and growth central to religion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nye, Rebecca

Savage, Sara

Watts, Fraser

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Personality and religion

1. Spirituality 2. The psychology of church services 3. Diversity among Christians 4. Unhealthy religion

Part 2: Development and teaching

5. Childhood and adolescence 6. Religious development 7. Teaching and preaching

Part 3: Counselling and pastoral care

8. ageing, illness, bereavement, and dying 9. Emotional problems 10. Counselling and pastoral care

Part 4: Organisation and the church

11. Social Processes in church life 12. The church as an organisation 13. Clergy

Part 5: Psychology and theology

14. Concepts of human nature 15. Psychology and theology

Afterword Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Fraser Watts is the Starbridge Lecturer in Theology and Natural Science in the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge. He is a past president of the British Psychological Association, and is author of several books on psychology and religion.
Rebecca Nye specialises in children's spirituality, and has been Research Fellow of the Christianity and Psychology project in the Cambridge Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies.
Sara Savage is the Senior Research Associate in the Christianity and Psychology project in the Cambridge Centre for Advanced Religious and Theological Studies, and lecturer in Psychology in the Cambridge Federation of Theological Colleges.