1st Edition

Mutual Enrichment between Psychology and Theology

Edited By Russell Re Manning Copyright 2021
288 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The relationship between psychology and Christian theology has been one of the most important topics in the science and religion fields. Discussions, however, are too frequently one-sided. This book takes an alternative approach: following the lead of Fraser Watts, the contributions develop various aspects of the mutual enrichment of each discipline by the other. Moving beyond outdated models of... Read more

Foreword - Sara Savage

Introduction - Russell Re Manning

Part 1: Mutually Enriching Dialogue

1. Doing Theology in Dialogue with Psychology

Fraser Watts

2. Dialogue within Dialogue: Interdisciplinary Dialogue between Theology and Psychology

Léon Turner

Part 2. Psychology Enriching Theology

3. William Temple and the Religious Reception of Psychoanalysis

Alistair Lockhart

4. Have a Bit of Nous: Revelation and the Psychology of Religion

Christopher Knight

5. Embodying Theology

James W Jones

6. Mindfulness, Secular Spirituality, and the Psychology of Religious Knowing

Mark Williams

Part 3. Theology Enriching Psychology

7. Character Strengths and Virtue

Roger Bretherton

8. The Psychology and Theology of Open-mindedness

Ryan Williams

9. Wisdom and Moral Formation

Harris Wiseman

10. Forgiveness and Relational Spirituality

Everett L. Worthington, Jr. and Steven J. Sandage

Part 4. Mutual Enrichment in Religious Life and Pastoral Care

11. Religion and Mental Health Practice: A Framework for Integration

José Liht

12. Meditation as Science and Religion

Miguel Farias & Masoumeh Rahmani

13. Worry and Prayer

Christopher Cook

14. Being with Unknowing: Spiritual Direction and Bion's idea of O

Mark Argent

15. Redeeming Narratives in Christian Community

Matthew Russell

16. Self-Spirituality in the Twenty-First Century

Galen Watts

Afterword - Fraser Watts

Biography

Russell Re Manning is Reader in Religions, Philosophies, and Ethics at Bath Spa University, UK, and a Visiting Fellow of St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge.