1st Edition

Religious Theories of Personality and Psychotherapy East Meets West

450 Pages
by Routledge

450 Pages
by Routledge

458 Pages
by Routledge

Integrate spiritual traditions with psychological healing! In this fascinating volume, clinical practitioners of different religious traditions examine the same clinical case, offering insights, interventions, and explanations of transformation and healing. This practical approach allows them to explore broader issues of personality theory and psychology from the perspectives of various spiritual... Read more
  • About the Editor
  • Contributors
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Objectives of This Book
  • Underlying Assumptions
  • Separation of Psychology and Religion
  • Apologetic Function of Theology
  • Critical Theory and a Method of Critical Correlation
  • Organization of This Book
  • Chapter 1. Hindu Psychology and the Bhagavad Gita
  • Introduction
  • Personality Theory
  • Theory of Distress
  • Theory of Therapy
  • Practice of Therapy
  • Evaluation
  • Points of Dialogue
  • Case Study
  • Chapter 2. A Buddhist Psychology
  • Introduction
  • Personality Theory
  • Theory of Distress
  • Theory of Therapy
  • Practice of Therapy
  • Evaluation
  • Points of Dialogue
  • Case Study
  • Chapter 3. Taoism and Psychology
  • Introduction
  • Personality Theory
  • Theory of Distress
  • Theory of Therapy
  • Practice of Therapy
  • Evaluation
  • Points of Dialogue
  • Case Study
  • Chapter 4. Jewish Anthropology: The Stuff Between
  • Introduction
  • Personality Theory
  • Theory of Distress
  • Theory of Therapy
  • Practice of Therapy
  • Evaluation
  • Points of Dialogue
  • Case Study
  • Chapter 5. Christian Humanism
  • Introduction
  • Personality Theory
  • Theory of Distress
  • Theory of Therapy
  • Practice of Therapy
  • Evaluation
  • Points of Dialogue
  • Case Study
  • Chapter 6. Islamic Psychology
  • Introduction
  • Personality Theory
  • Theory of Distress
  • Theory of Therapy
  • Practice of Therapy
  • Evaluation
  • Points of Dialogue
  • Case Study
  • Chapter 7. Convergence and Divergence
  • Personality Theory
  • Theories of Psychotherapy
  • Index
  • Reference Notes Included

Biography

Frank De Piano, Ashe Mukherjee, Scott Mitchel Kamilar, Lynne M Hagen, Elaine Hartsman, R. Paul Olson