Psychology and the Bible: A New Way to Read the Scriptures [4 volumes]
Publishing Details
Psychology and the Bible: A New Way to Read the Scriptures [4 volumes]
By (Author) J. Harold Ellens
Edited by Wayne G. Rollins
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Praeger Publishers Inc
30th December 2004
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts
Psychology
220.6
Physical Properties
Contains 4 hardbacks
1315
2807g
Description
Studying religion through the lens of psychology has been a growing trend for the past two decades in scholarly circles. This title, the first of its kind in the field, brings together leading experts who have studied the Bible from the point of view of psychology. They show us, for example, how Freud (a strongly anti-religious figure) viewed the Bible, they spotlight personalities in the Bible as seen through the insights of psychology, identify maladies we think of as "modern," such as post-traumatic stress disorder, in the scriptures, and focus on the strong role of the psychology of shame in the sacred texts.
Reviews
"Psychological approaches to the Bible, always popular with the general reader but rather out of fashion of late among the cognoscenti, receive in this anthology a welcome, rigorous, and refreshing revival."-Jack Miles, Pulitzer Prize recipient author of God: A Biography and Christ: A Crisis in the Life of God
Highly recommended. General and academic readers.-Choice
Would I buy this set Yes, if I were a psychology teacher, a Christian counselor, a person interested in the Bible and psychology, or just a sponge for knowledge....I would recommend my city or college library put it on their shelves.-Perspectives on Scienc and Christian Faith
"Highly recommended. General and academic readers."-Choice
"Would I buy this set Yes, if I were a psychology teacher, a Christian counselor, a person interested in the Bible and psychology, or just a sponge for knowledge....I would recommend my city or college library put it on their shelves."-Perspectives on Scienc and Christian Faith
Author Bio
J. Harold Ellens is a Research Scholar at the University of Michigan, Department of Near Eastern Studies. He is a retired Presbyterian theologian and ordained minister, a retired U.S. Army Colonel, and a retired Professor of Philosophy, Theology and Psychology. Wayne Rollins is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts, and Adjunct Professor of Scripture at Hartford Seminary, Connecticut.
