Integration as Integrity: The Christian Therapist as Peacemaker (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781532686696)

What is "integration"? Christians serving in the psychological professions have long debated the proper way to understand the relationship between "psychology" on the one hand, and "theology" or "Christianity" or "the Christian faith" on the other. This book argues for understanding integration as a matter of personal integrity: it's not about bridging or blending academic disciplines, but about having a coherent vocational identity. What narrative will hold together both our core identity as Christians and our developing identity as clinicians? Peacemaking is proposed as the central motif, based on the Beatitudes of Jesus. Christian therapists who understand themselves as peacemakers will in turn cultivate the clinical virtues of hope, humility, compassion, and Sabbath rest.

Author: Cameron Lee
ISBN-10: 1532686692
ISBN-13: 9781532686696
Publisher: Cascade Books
Language: English
Published: 02/10/2020
Pages: 138
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d