Integration

See also:

• Science: Science in Society: Science and Religion: Christianity and Science  (24)
• Society: Religion and Spirituality: Christianity: Theology  (1,183)

• The Bible and Psychology - Essay by John Stoll considering what psychological insights the Bible can offer into the emotional needs of humans and their fulfilment in relation to Christian maturity. Includes a specific analysis of Philippians.
• Biblical Psychology - A contemporary and historical survey of Christian understandings of the nature of human beings, by Matthew Cohn. Includes list of relevant key works that are not yet translated into English.
• Christian Psychology - Narramore Christian Foundation - Christian psychology and mental health organization, offering counseling training programs and missionary renewal seminars. Includes large collection of popular articles by Bruce and Clyde Narramore.
• Christian Psychology: Is Something Missing? - Essay by Rich Milne taking an overview of Larry Crabb's book "Connecting". Crabb, a leading proponent of the Christian psychology movement, here questions whether the church has become over-reliant on the use of trained counselors.
• Faith and Therapy - Article by William Kilpatrick denouncing the blending of Christian faith and practice with the therapeutic practices of self-help and building self-esteem. Originally published in First Things 90:21-26 (February 1999).
• Fuller Theological Seminary Integration Homepage - Objectives of psychology and theology integration, annual symposia, and listserve.
• Introduction to Psychoheresy Awareness Ministries - PAM is a ministry to inform and educate Christians about psychoheresy. Psychoheresy is the integration of secular psychological counseling theories and therapies with the Bible
• Pop Psychology Myths - Kerby Anderson's disposal of five self-help myths in the light of Biblical teaching.
• Psychology Debunked: Revealing the Overcoming Life - Anti-integration book by former psychotherapist Lisa Bazler and Ryan Bazler. Table of contents, ordering information, short author biographies, and reader reviews.
• Psychology's Two Cultures: A Christian Analysis - Journal article by Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen analysing the stance of Christian psychologists with respect to the "two cultures" in contemporary academic psychology-one of them "positivist and scientistic", the other "post-positivist and humanistic". [Christian Scholar's Review]
• Rembrandt and Psychology: Reflections on the Return of the Prodigal Son - Professor Paul Twelker's psychological interpretation of Rembrandt's painting of the parable from Luke 15.
• Resources on Psychology and Religion - Offers David Myers' articles and books relating psychological science and religion.
• When Worldviews Collide - Armand Nicholi's comparison of the conflicting worldviews of C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud.

• Can Psychology Help a Church in Crisis? - APA Monitor article explaining how psychologists can help in combating sexual impropriety and other problems in the church. (June 1, 2002)