Overview

In this groundbreaking work of first-order scholarship, Eric Johnson makes a vitally important contribution to the field of Christian counseling. He first presents a detailed overview and appreciative but critical evaluation of the reigning paradigms in the field of Christian counseling, particularly biblical counseling and integration. Building on their respective strengths, he seeks to move beyond the current impasse in the field and develop a more unified and robustly Christian understanding. Drawing upon the Bible and various Christian intellectual and soul care traditions, and through a Christian reinterpretation of relevant modern psychological theory and research, Johnson proceeds to offer a new framework for the care of souls that is comprehensive in scope, yet flows from a Christian understanding of human beings--what amounts to a distinctly Christian version of psychology. This book is a must-read for any serious Christian teacher, student, or practitioner in the fields of psychology or counseling.

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Author:   Eric L. Johnson
Publisher:   InterVarsity Press
Imprint:   Inter-Varsity Press,US
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 4.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.979kg
ISBN:  

9780830840540

ISBN 10:   0830840540
Pages:   716
Publication Date:   03 January 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Preface Acknowledgments Part I. Background to the Current Predicament 1. A Place for the Bible in Christian Soul Care 2. The Bible in the History of Christian Soul Care 3. The Bible and Current Evangelical Soul-Care Paradigms Part II. Texts and Contexts 4. Objects of Disciplines and Their Contexts 5. Properties of Scripture and Its Relation to Other Texts 6. Interpreting the Bible for Christian Psychology and Soul Care 7. Translating the Text of Other Communities for Christian Soul Care Postscript. Composing a Body of Christian Psychology Literature: A Communal Project Part III. ""Let There Be Humans"": The Semiodiscursive Constitution of Human Beings 8. The Ground of the Created Order: The Word of God 9. From Signs to History: A Hermeneutic Analysis of Human Life 10. Orders of Meaning: A Multilevel Analysis of Human Life 11. Toward a Complex Model of Human Life: Semiodiscursive, Multilevel, Hierarchal and Holistic Part IV. The Communication of God's Glory in Christian Soul Care 12. The Trinitarian Ground and Goal of Christian Soul Care: Union and Communion with God 13. The Call to Inwardness: Opening Up to the Glory of God 14. Inwardness, Part 1: Self-Examination 15. Inwardness, Part 2: The Identification and Deconstruction of Barriers 16. Inwardness, Part 3: The Constitutive Internalization of Signs of Glory 17. The Call to Outwardness: The Manifestation of Christlikeness 18. Promoting Christiformity Through the Therapeutic Delivery of Signs of Glory Epilogue Appendix 1: A Biblical Coherence Theory of Truth in Counseling Appendix 2: Toward a Christian Semiotics for a Christian Psychology References Author Index Subject Index Scripture Index"

Reviews

There are differing opinions on psychology and Christianity, but this is a major contribution to the discussion. We need to return to thinking of our pastoral labors as soul care. --Preaching.com, Bible and Bible Reference Survey 2007 . . .a major work -- voluminous, comprehensive, and profound. This book is not only a Christian psychology proposal, but could be a useful starting point as a reference for those who might want to more precisely understand where Christian psychology fits in the broad spectrum of counseling models. While this is not the first book written on the topic of Christian psychology, it is a major effort in helping to define this field.--Craig Strohbach, Shrinkwrap Resources, August 15, 2008

Eric Johnson's thought about Christian psychology is an improvement on just about everything in the field. Foundations for Soul Care will set the pace for discussions in the future. --Robert C. Roberts, Distinguished Professor of Ethics, Baylor University

There are differing opinions on psychology and Christianity, but this is a major contribution to the discussion. We need to return to thinking of our pastoral labors as soul care. --Preaching.com, Bible and Bible Reference Survey 2007 . . .a major work -- voluminous, comprehensive, and profound. This book is not only a Christian psychology proposal, but could be a useful starting point as a reference for those who might want to more precisely understand where Christian psychology fits in the broad spectrum of counseling models. While this is not the first book written on the topic of Christian psychology, it is a major effort in helping to define this field. --Craig Strohbach, Shrinkwrap Resources, August 15, 2008

". . .a major work -- voluminous, comprehensive, and profound. This book is not only a Christian psychology proposal, but could be a useful starting point as a reference for those who might want to more precisely understand where Christian psychology fits in the broad spectrum of counseling models. While this is not the first book written on the topic of Christian psychology, it is a major effort in helping to define this field.--Craig Strohbach, Shrinkwrap Resources, August 15, 2008 ""Eric Johnson combines scriptural interpretation with astute observation to develop a deep, thoughtful, intellectual and complex (in the best senses of those words) approach to Christian psychology. Yet Johnson's work is eminently practical in its purpose. He shows how insight into human nature leads to Christlikeness--maturity in reflecting the Creator of human nature. I highly recommend Foundations for Soul Care to biblical counselors as a core text that expands the conversation regarding what makes Christian counseling truly Christian. Readers won't agree with every point, but with eminent scholarship Johnson thoroughly addresses every point worth discussing.""--Robert W. Kellemen, chair of Christian Counseling and Discipleship, Capital Bible Seminary, director of the Biblical Counseling and Spiritual Formation Network, and author of Soul Physicians, Spiritual Friends and Beyond the Suffering ""Eric Johnson's thought about Christian psychology is an improvement on just about everything in the field. Foundations for Soul Care will set the pace for discussions in the future.""--Robert C. Roberts, Distinguished Professor of Ethics, Baylor University ""Eric Johnson's Foundations for Soul Care is an important book. Thorough, scholarly and provocative, this work calls us to reclaim the centrality of the Christian faith as we care for souls.""--Mark R. McMinn, coauthor of Integrative Psychotherapy ""Ever since the words Christian and psychology were put together in the 1950s, there has been debate and division. But the potential good in exploring the human condition within a consistently Christian worldview remains enormous. Dr. Johnson's book paves new ground that will carry us toward a biblically congruent, spiritually clean and intellectually responsible understanding of people, our destiny and how to get there.""--Larry Crabb There are differing opinions on psychology and Christianity, but this is a major contribution to the discussion. We need to return to thinking of our pastoral labors as ""soul care.""--Preaching.com, Bible and Bible Reference Survey 2007"

Author Information

Eric L. Johnson (PhD, Michigan State University) is Lawrence and Charlotte Hoover Professor of Pastoral Care at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He is an associate editor of the Journal of Psychology and Theology, the Journal of Psychology and Christianity, and the Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care. He is the director of the Society for Christian Psychology (AACC) and editor of Psychology and Christianity: Five Views.

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