Head and heart : perspectives from religion and psychology / edited by Fraser Watts and Geoff Dumbreck.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Watts, Fraser N.

Dumbreck, Geoff.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology, Religious.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania : Templeton Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Theologians and religious figures often draw a distinction between religion of the '"head" and religion of the "heart," but few stop to ask what the terms "head" and "heart" actually denote. Many assume that this distinction has a scriptural basis, and yet many Biblical authors used the word "heart" as a synonym for "mind." In fact, there isn't a strict separation of the two concepts until the modern period, as in Pascal's famous claim that "the heart has its reasons that reason can not know." Since then, many other philosophers and theologians have made a similar distinction.The fact that thi

Contents:

part 1. Theology

part 2. Psychology

part 3. Application

part 4. Integration.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781599474489

1599474484

OCLC:

858282607