Between Jerusalem and Athens: Ethical Perspectives on Culture, Religion, and Psychotherapy

by Alvin Dueck

Overview

What does it mean to be both a Christian and a therapist? Between Jerusalem and Athens offers a compelling answer to this question. It shows students and practitioners who struggle with this issue how they can authentically integrate faith and practice by considering the central, life-shaping theme of biblical Christian ethics: the Reign of God. Part 1 proposes that a distinct cultural ethic based on the central theme of the Reign of God be the context of therapy. Part 2 explores how the church can be a community of ethical reflection and healing. Part 3 discusses the therapist's character and a model for developing character that reflects the Reign of God.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781725233669
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	12/01/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	262
File size:	37 MB
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About the Author

Alvin Dueck is the Distinguished Professor of Cultural Psychologies at Fuller. In addition to teaching courses that focus on the dialogue between culture, psychology, and theology, he is engaged in research on the role of religion in therapy, congregational health, and conflict resolution between Christians and Muslims. He was the principal investigator in a research project on the spiritual experience of Christians, Muslims, and Jews funded by the John Templeton Foundation. He also participates in the Center for Research on Religion and Psychotherapy. He is currently the recipient (with Dr. Han Buxin) of a second John Templeton Foundation grant to support psychology of religion research in China and to encourage intellectual exchange with American psychologists of religion.
Alvin Dueck is the Distinguished Professor of Cultural Psychologies at Fuller. In addition to teaching courses that focus on the dialogue between culture, psychology, and theology, he is engaged in research on the role of religion in therapy, congregational health, and conflict resolution between Christians and Muslims. He was the principal investigator in a research project on the spiritual experience of Christians, Muslims, and Jews funded by the John Templeton Foundation. He also participates in the Center for Research on Religion and Psychotherapy. He is currently the recipient (with Dr. Han Buxin) of another John Templeton Foundation grant to support psychology of religion research in China and to encourage intellectual exchange with American psychologists of religion.

Table of Contents

Preface 7

Introduction: On Traveling between Jerusalem and Athens 9

Part 1 The Reign of God as an Ethical Culture 25

1 The Cultured Therapist 27

2 Psychology: The Gospel of Modernity? 51

3 On Hearing and Telling Stories 75

Part 2 The Church as Ethical Community 91

4 That Individual 93

5 Signposts along the Way 111

6 Professional: To Be or Not to Be? 131

7 A Community of Discernment 149

Part 3 The Therapist as Ethical Character 171

8 On Character 173

9 Enlightenment Morality Redux 187

10 Pastoring Our Personal Congregations 201

Conclusion: Experiences between Jerusalem and Athens 219

Bibliography 243

Index 259