Living biblically : ten guides for fulfillment and happiness
(2012)

Nonfiction

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2012
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1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9781621898931 (electronic bk.) MWT12327199, 1621898938 (electronic bk.) 12327199
LANGUAGE
English
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Living Biblically de-situates biblical wisdom from its formally religious-theological underpinnings and offers it as a guide for fulfilled, happy living. Although over 95 percent of Americans have some sense of a meaning-providing transcendent power, 75 percent of clinical psychologists and psychiatrists lack such belief. Without intelligent, applicable access to biblical wisdom, many unwittingly live out the tragic patterns emerging from classical Greece underlying much of modern life and psychotherapy. People are stuck, even trapped, without hope of redemptive change. They spin their wheels, cycling back and forth. Biblical narratives, in contrast, portray people as growing, developing, and overcoming problematic life situations. In each chapter, a specific psychological issue is discussed, applicable Greek and biblical narratives are compared, and contemporary illustrations are provided, enabling the reader to live in a more fulfilling and happy manner

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