In ‘Resurrection Psychology’ Margaret Alter advances a system of psychology based upon biblical Christianity. Moving away from the notion that therapy must be completely value-neutral, the author suggests how the worlds of psychology and theology can enhance and inform one…
Tag: Lived Religion
Toughest People to Love: How to Understand, Lead, and Love the Difficult People in Your Life — Including Yourself by Chuck DeGroat
People — frustrating, confusing, disappointing, complicated — are the most difficult part of leadership, and they challenge leaders everywhere, from leaders of many to managers of a few. In this book Chuck DeGroat addresses the flawed nature of people and…
How to Be an Adult in Faith and Spirituality, by David Richo
Part of psychology health is growing up not only in mind but in how we see the questions of faith and spirituality. To this end this book provides a detailed and straightforward vision of what faith and spirituality can look…
Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes from, How It Sabotages Our Lives, by Pia MellodyMellody sets forth five primary adult symptoms of this crippling condition, then traces their origin to emotional, spiritual, intellectual, physical and sexual abuses that occur in childhood. Central to Mellody’s approach is the concept that the codependent adult’s injured inner child needs healing. Recovery from codependence, therefore, involves clearing up the toxic emotions left over from these painful childhood experiences.
Pia Mellody sets forth five primary adult symptoms of codependence, then traces their origin to emotional, spiritual, intellectual, physical and sexual abuses that occur in childhood. Central to Mellody’s approach is the concept that the codependent adult’s injured inner child…
The Liturgy of Life: The Interrelationship of Sunday Eucharist and Everyday Worship Practices, by Ricky Manalo
Everyday worship practices-from praying the rosary to moments of recognizing the beauty of God’s creation, from being moved by the power of music to praying Vespers on an iPad-not only take place at different locations and during different days of…
Julian of Norwich: A Very Brief History, by Janina Ramirez
This brief historical introduction to Julian of Norwich explores the social, political and religious factors that formed the original context of her life and writings, and considers how those factors affected the way she was initially received. The second part…
Rites of Justice: The Sacraments and Liturgy as Ethical Imperatives, by Megan McKenna
Megan McKenna explores the connect between walking with God and participating in the rituals of the church. Using stories, reflection, Scripture and Church history, she leads us to a deeper understanding of Catholic sacraments and ritual. Her reflections show how…
The Sacraments: An Interdisciplinary and Interactive Study, by Joseph Martos
What are the sacraments, really? For centuries, the religious lives of Catholics and other Christians have revolved around church rituals with generally accepted individual and social effects. What, precisely, are those effects, and how are they produced? Traditional theology used…
The Way of Suffering: A Geography of Crisis, by Jerome Miller
This book can best be described as an extended meditation on suffering, phenomenological in method and dialectical in point of view. The angle the author takes is that of moral self-examination rather that conventional scholarly inquiry, and his aim is…
Images of Hope: Imagination as Healer of the Hopeless, by William Lynch
Lynch says he bases the book on two assumptions. First, he believes whatever is ill with the mentally ill is human. Second, he says that the well can put off the impossible burden of trying to be as well as…
