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Author: Calvin Mercer
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 3.00cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.907kg
ISBN: 9780313364969
ISBN 10: 0313364966
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 30 April 2009
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
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Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Mercer (religion and biblical studies, East Carolina U.) is also a clinical psychologist, and draws on both fields to offer advice to colleagues on how to understand and deal with the particular ways of thinking that fundamentalist Christians exhibit. He covers the birth of fundamentalism, core fundamentalist beliefs, a psychological profile, and strategies for dialogue. Particular topics include the fundamentalist view of the Bible and problems with it, the Rapture, left-behind theology, the threat from rapid cultural change, and talking theology. - Reference & Research Book News Slaves to Faith will be of greatest interest to readers who are intrigued about the history of fundamentalist Christianity in the United States, who want to know the foundational beliefs of fundamentalist Christianity, and who want to step into this world and empathically experience the depression and anxiety that can arise as a result of these beliefs. This book will be more useful to those in a teaching rather than a clinical context for several reasons. . . . Returning to the humorous portrayal of fundamentalist Christians sequestered in the soundproof room in heaven, I can imagine teachers and clinicians wanting to follow St. Peter's injunction and tiptoe past this room, leaving such believers to make sense of the world and deal with their anxieties in their own ways. Mercer invites us into this room in ways that are engaging and intriguing. We want to stay, find out more, and enter in dialogue. - PsycCRITIQUES
Slaves to Faith will be of greatest interest to readers who are intrigued about the history of fundamentalist Christianity in the United States, who want to know the foundational beliefs of fundamentalist Christianity, and who want to step into this world and empathically experience the depression and anxiety that can arise as a result of these beliefs. This book will be more useful to those in a teaching rather than a clinical context for several reasons. . . . Returning to the humorous portrayal of fundamentalist Christians sequestered in the soundproof room in heaven, I can imagine teachers and clinicians wanting to follow St. Peter's injunction and tiptoe past this room, leaving such believers to make sense of the world and deal with their anxieties in their own ways. Mercer invites us into this room in ways that are engaging and intriguing. We want to stay, find out more, and enter in dialogue. - PsycCRITIQUES Mercer (religion and biblical studies, East Carolina U.) is also a clinical psychologist, and draws on both fields to offer advice to colleagues on how to understand and deal with the particular ways of thinking that fundamentalist Christians exhibit. He covers the birth of fundamentalism, core fundamentalist beliefs, a psychological profile, and strategies for dialogue. Particular topics include the fundamentalist view of the Bible and problems with it, the Rapture, left-behind theology, the threat from rapid cultural change, and talking theology. - Reference & Research Book News
Mercer (religion and biblical studies, East Carolina U.) is also a clinical psychologist, and draws on both fields to offer advice to colleagues on how to understand and deal with the particular ways of thinking that fundamentalist Christians exhibit. He covers the birth of fundamentalism, core fundamentalist beliefs, a psychological profile, and strategies for dialogue. Particular topics include the fundamentalist view of the Bible and problems with it, the Rapture, left-behind theology, the threat from rapid cultural change, and talking theology. - Reference & Research Book News Slaves to Faith will be of greatest interest to readers who are intrigued about the history of fundamentalist Christianity in the United States, who want to know the foundational beliefs of fundamentalist Christianity, and who want to step into this world and empathically experience the depression and anxiety that can arise as a result of these beliefs. This book will be more useful to those in a teaching rather than a clinical context for several reasons... Returning to the humorous portrayal of fundamentalist Christians sequestered in the soundproof room in heaven, I can imagine teachers and clinicians wanting to follow St. Peter's injunction and tiptoe past this room, leaving such believers to make sense of the world and deal with their anxieties in their own ways. Mercer invites us into this room in ways that are engaging and intriguing. We want to stay, find out more, and enter in dialogue. - PsycCRITIQUES
Have you ever wondered how Fundamentalists think or make sense of the world? This book will tell you all you want to know and more. Dr. Calvin Mercer has written an absolutely excellent book providing information into the world view of Fundamentalists, their thinking processes, and strategies for dialogue with them. Dr. Mercer is well-qualified to provide such a comprehensive examination and does so in a very thorough and readable book. He first discusses the birth of Fundamentalism, then the core Fundamentalist beliefs, then (and especially interesting to me) presents a psychological profile of them. He concludes with several strategies for dialogue because their very certainty and cognitive literalism make it difficult for them to engage in discussions of theological issues. -E. Thomas Dowd, Ph.D., ABPP, President, American Board of Cognitive & Behavioral Psychology
Author Information
Calvin Mercer is professor and codirector of the Religious Studies Program at East Carolina University. For twenty years, Dr. Mercer has worked with fundamentalist Christians in the classroom as a professor of biblical studies and in the consulting room as the go-to therapist for fundamentalist Christians in his city. He is coauthor of The Writings of Swami Sivananda (Edwin Mellen, 2007) and co-editor of Religion and the Implications of Radical Life Extension (Palgrave-Macmillan, forthcoming). He has published numerous articles in both religion and psychology journals and has presented a number of papers at the American Academy of Religion and other scholarly societies.
