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1 online resource (199 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Cover; Moving Toward Spiritual Maturity: Psychological, Contemplative, and Moral Challenges in Christian Living; Copyright; CONTENTS; Introduction; PART I: SETTING THE SCENE; Chapter 1 Self-Fulfillment and Vocation; PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO PERSONAL FULFILLMENT; CONTINUITIES AND DISCONTINUITIES WITH THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION; THE WAY OF LOVE; BALANCING SELF-GIVING AND SELF-LOVE; PART II: TOWARD PSYCHOLOGICAL WHOLENESS; Chapter 2 Wholeness in the Community of the Self; THE SELF AND ITS SUBSELVES; FREUD AND BERNE ON SUPPRESSION OF SELVES; SUPPRESSION OF SELVES AND THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. |
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KOHUT AND JUNG ON DISOWNING SELVESWORKING WITH DISOWNED SUBSELVES; MORALLY RELEVANT SELVES; THE SPIRIT AND THE CHRISTIAN'S MORAL IMPERATIVE; SUMMARY; Chapter 3 Wholeness, Not Perfection; THE BIND OF PERFECTIONISM; CHRIST AND INDIVIDUATION; PAUL AND THE INNER STRUGGLE; RECONCILIATION OF INNER OPPOSITES; COMPLETENESS IN CHRIST; SUMMARY; Chapter 4 Cognitive Reframing and Perfectionism; GUILT-BASED AND SHAME-BASED PERFECTIONISM; THE BASICS OF COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEALING WITH SHAME-BASED PERFECTIONISM; SUMMARY; PART III: PRAYER, CONTEMPLATION, AND CONVERSION. |
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Chapter 5 Spirituality in the Everyday WorldSPIRITUALITY AND NATURE; THE SPIRIT OF THE CITY; A SPIRITUALITY OF TIME; SPIRITUALITY IN MARRIAGE AND FAMILY; SPIRITUALITY AND PUBLIC LIFE; SUMMARY; Chapter 6 Conversion to the True Self; TRUE AND FALSE SELVES; "STORIED PRAYER": REMEMBERING, ATTENDING, AND CHOOSING; SUMMARY; Chapter 7 Conversion to Compassion; COMPASSION IN THE BIBLE; COMPASSION AS HOSPITALITY; THE COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY; PRAYER AS SOLIDARITY; SUMMARY; PART IV: CONSCIENCE AND RESPONSIBILITY; Chapter 8 Conscience and "Contrast Experiences"; DEFINING CONSCIENCE; CONSCIENCE AND VISION. |
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CONSCIENCE AND LIVING A VISION FOR DISCIPLESHIPSUMMARY; Chapter 9 The Agape Response; AGAPE; OUTKA AND "UNIVERSAL LOVE"; POST AND "COMMUNION"; SELF-SACRIFICE AND OPPRESSION; SUMMARY; Chapter 10 The Virtues of Responsibility; ARISTOTLE ON VIRTUE; AQUINAS ON VIRTUE; THE VIRTUOUS CHRISTIAN; SUMMARY; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
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Three 'windows' to spiritual maturity How can a faithful Christian avoid stagnating in their spiritual development? Moving Toward Spiritual Maturity: Psychological, Contemplative, and Moral Challenges in Christian Living explores effective ways in which Christian discipleship can grow in spiritual maturity. This thoughtful, integrative roadmap explains the journey through three interrelated perspectives, or 'windows, ' psychotherapeutic psychology, prayer and contemplation, and moral theology. The author uses numerous examples from everyday life to make the reflections interesting and p. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Spiritual formation.
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Spiritual formation. |
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Psychology, Religious.
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Psychology, Religious. |
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Spiritual life -- Christianity.
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Spiritual life -- Christianity. |
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Christian ethics.
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Christian ethics. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Pembroke, Neil. Moving Toward Spiritual Maturity : Psychological, Contemplative, and Moral Challenges in Christian Living. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2012 9780789033659 |
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9781136450082 (electronic book) |
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1136450084 (electronic book) |
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1136450084 |
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