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“Open the covers of this book and you’ll find yourself transported to a drawing room where you can quietly eavesdrop on fifty years of artful conversation on the process of integration. The conversational ball bounces back and forth between abstract philosophical questions that remain unsolved after centuries of examination and therapeutic and ethical questions that must be answered in the here-and now.
For newcomers, this volume will be an essential reference collection. For us old-timers, it’s a chance
to jump once more into a lively conversation with our professional friends. ….”
Hendrika Vande Kemp, PhD
Clinical Psychologist and Family Therapist
Annandale, Virginia


“The movement to integrate psychology and Christian faith is sprawling, multifaceted, and complex. Our progress in integration is often impeded by our loss of memory of the good work done by so many in the last five decades. This volume brings together an outstanding collection of remarkable contributions to the integration task, presenting them with lucid and illuminating commentary. Careful study of this volume should help the next generation of Christians in psychology to advance further this work.”
Stanton L. Jones, PhD
Provost and Professor of Psychology
Wheaton College, Wheaton. Illinois


“A Christian just starting out exploring the intersection of faith and psychology wants a good map of the
territory. This book will light up the terrain as it unfolds toward the border of past and future at which we stand. I have been in this field since the mid-1970s, and I found myself enriched, educated, and enthused by the collection of articles. I felt surer of my footing as an integrator having read the original articles and the perspectives of the editors woven throughout the sections, and now I want to take the next steps into the future.”
Everett L. Worthington, Jr., PhD
Professor of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia


“Stevenson, Eck, and Hill have done a heroic work in offering us this comprehensive new volume on the central issue of scientific concern in our Postmodern culture, namely, the manner in which scientific understanding and the insights of religious experience may illuminate each other in our quest for truth. This careful and profoundly thoughtful work offers no ultimate single solution or model for the task of integration, but champions the value of a multiplicity of voices and perspectives.”
J. Harold Ellens, PhD
Executive Director Emeritus of CAPS
Founding Editor of the Journal of Psychology and Christianity
Farmington Hills, Michigan


“Psychology & Christianity Integration is an excellent compilation of the seminal works that shaped the integration movement in the last 50 years. I highly recommend it as essential reading!”
Siang-Yang Tan, PhD
Professor of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, California

Section I: Historical and Theoretical Integration

Perspectives on the Integration of Psychology and Theology S. Bruce Narramore
Moving Through the Jungle: A Decade of Integration Gary R. Collins
The Search for Truth in the Task of Integration James D. Guy
Christ, the Lord of Psychology Eric J. Johnson
The Interface of Theology and Psychology J. Harold Ellens
The Tension between Psychology and Theology Hendrika VandeKemp
Sola Scriptura: Then and Now James R. Beck
John Wesley and Psychology H. Newton Malony

Section II: Science and Faith Reconciliation

Integration of Faith and Science—the Very Idea Nicholas Wolterstorff
Christian Perspectives on the Sciences of Man … C. Stephen Evans
Psychology’s “Two Cultures”: A Christian Analysis Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen
Implications for Integration from a New Philosophy of Psychology as Science Peter C. Hill
A Constructive Relationship for Religion with the Science and Profession of Psychology Stanton L. Jones

Section II: Perspectives on Personhood

Biblical Teaching on Personality H. D. McDonald
The Concept of the Self as the Key to Integration C. Stephen Evans

Section IV: Levels and Types of Integration

The Task Ahead: Six Levels of Integration of Christianity and Psychology Robert E. Larzelere
The Task of Integration: A Modest Proposal Steve Bouma-Prediger
Integration and Beyond: Principled, Professional, Personal Siang-Yang Tan

Section V: Models of Integration

Sacred and Secular Models of Psychology and Religion John D. Carter
On Living in Athens: Models of Relating Psychology, Church, and Culture Alvin Dueck
Integrating the Integrators: An Organizing Framework for a Multifaceted Process of Integration Brian E. Eck

Section VI: Applied Integration

The Incarnation as a Metaphor for Psychotherapy David G. Benner
Consecrated Counseling: Reflections on the Distinctives of Christian Counseling Rodger K. Bufford
A Blueprint for Intradisciplinary Integration Everett L. Worthington, Jr.
The Psychotherapist as Christian Ethicist: Theology Applied to Practice Alan C. Tjeltveit
Integration in the Therapy Room: An Overview of the Literature M. Elizabeth Lewis Hall and Todd W. Hall
Psychotherapeutic Virtues and the Grammar of Faith Robert C. Roberts
Dealing with Religious Resistance in Psychotherapy S. Bruce Narramore
An Exploration of the Therapeutic Use of Spiritual Disciplines in Clinical Practice Brian E. Eck

Section VII: Integrative Research

Lying in the Laboratory Rodney L. Bassett, David Basinger,and Paul Livermore
National Collaborative Research on How Students Learn Integration Randall L.Sorenson, et. al.
Please Forgive Me: Transgressor’s Emotions and Physiology during Imagery of Seeking Forgiveness and Victim Responses Charlotte vanOyen Witvliet, et. al.
Being a Good Neighbor: Can Students Come to Value Homosexual Persons? Rodney L. Bassett, et.al.