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Psychology and Religion

The 2006 Conference of the International Association for the Psychology of Religion,
Leuven, Belgium, August 27 – 31, 2006

Atonement and Psychotherapy by Don Browning
Published by The Westminster Press, Philadelphia, 1966. This material was prepared for Religion Online by Ted and Winnie Brock.

Discovering a Dynamic Concept of the Person
in Both Psychology and Theology
REV. DANIEL J. PRICE Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church Eureka, California
In the past century and a half scientists have increasingly perfected their tools for the study of human persons. Little surprise, then, that the relatively new field of modern psychology has steadily grown in influence. Traditionally, there has been a good deal of animosity between modern psychology and Christian theology. This has been especially true of the psychoanalytic tradition begun by Freud and carried on by a number of his followers. Does this longstanding antipathy need to remain? Post-Freudian object relations psychology has developed from Freud's insights into the unconscious processes which influence human behavior. But object relations has, for the most part, rejected Freud's biological reductionism. Object relations theories have built upon Freud's foundational discovery of the importance of childhood, while pushing back the veil from the infant's relations to the parent. Could there be analogies here between what the object relations psychologists are uncovering and what the Bible tells us about ourselves? I propose that such is the case if one compares the theological doctrine of the person found in the writings of Karl Barth with certain aspects of object relations psychology.

Christian Psychology and Spiritual Care: Approaches to Ministerial Health
by Beverly K. Yahnke
I would like to debunk some of the harmful myths endorsed by psychology and I would also like to deconstruct some of the destructive myths about psychology popular among many in the church today.

Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine, Psychology and Religion
V. Rev. Antony Hughes, M.Div.
St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Psychiatry and Pastoral Counseling
by Don Browning

A Shrink Gets Stretched
Why psychologist Larry Crabb believes spiritual direction should replace therapy.
By Agnieszka Tennant

Therapeutically Incorrect
Atheist psychiatrist argues that gays can change.
Interview by Douglas Leblanc

PSYCHIATRY and CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
BLESSING FOR CHRISTIANS OR A CURSE?

Comparing Levels of Depression Between Religious and Non Religious Professions
Robin M. Fisher
Missouri Western State College
November 26, 1996

Can prayer harm? By: Larry Dossey
Presents an author's view about the dark side of prayer. Science and supplication; Prayer's paradox; Power of negative prayers. INSET: The evil within us all?

Celebrity Meltdown By: PT Staff
Celebritiesand heroes who struggle with depression.

Can psychology help a church in crisis?
A small group of psychologists says yes, asserting that psychology's science and practice can be part of the solution.
BY JENNIFER DAW