Human nature : reflections on the integration of psychology and Christianity / Malcolm A. Jeeves.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jeeves, Malcolm A., 1926-

Standardized Title:

Human nature at the millennium

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity--Psychology.

Christianity.

Psychology, Religious.

Theological anthropology--Christianity.

Theological anthropology.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

Templeton Foundation Press ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Templeton Foundation Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

College and university professors have been demanding that this book, out of print for several years, be made available again, as it is unique in its field. This new edition, which includes a new preface and guidance to current literature, offers a balanced study of the implications of scientific developments in psychology and neuroscience for traditional Christian beliefs.Malcolm Jeeves, former editor-in-chief of Neuropsychologia, a leading international scientific journal in behavioral and cognitive neuroscience, explores the intersection of science and faith in definin

Contents:

Approaching modern psychology

Science and faith: learning from the past

Neuropsychology: linking mind and brain

Neuropsychology and spiritual experience

Linking the brain and behavior

Human nature: biblical and psychological portraits

Human nature and animal nature: are they different?

Personology and psychotherapy: confronting the challenges

Human needs: psychological and theological perspectives

Consciousness now: a contemporary issue

Explaining consciousness now: a contemporary issue

Determinism, freedom, and responsibility

The future of science and faith: beyond perspectivalism?.

Notes:

Originally published: Human nature at the millennium. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books ; Leicester, UK : APOLLOS, c1997. With new pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-26026-3

9786613260260

1-59947-180-9

OCLC:

727649247