Dynamis of Healing : Patristic Theology and the Psyche / Pia Sophia Chaudhari; Aristotle Papanikolaou, Ashley M. Purpura.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chaudhari, Pia Sophia, Author.

Contributor:

Papanikolaou, Aristotle, Editor.

Purpura, Ashley M., Editor.

Series:

Orthodox Christianity and contemporary thought.

Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orthodox Eastern Church--Doctrines.

Orthodox Eastern Church.

Psychology and religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book explores how traces of the energies and dynamics of Orthodox Christian theology and anthropology may be observed in the clinical work of depth psychology. Looking to theology to express its own religious truths and to psychology to see whether these truth claims show up in healing modalities, the author creatively engages both disciplines in order to highlight the possibilities for healing contained therein. Dynamis of Healing elucidates how theology and psychology are by no means fundamentally at odds with each other but rather can work together in a beautiful and powerful synergia to address both the deepest needs and deepest desires of the human person for healing and flourishing.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Introduction

1. Psyche and Creation: Initial Reflections on Orthodox Theology and Depth Psychology

2. “That Which Is Not Assumed Is Not Healed”

3. An Ontology of Healing?

4. Eros: Healing Fire

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Authors

Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

0-8232-8467-0

OCLC:

1103320317