Theology, Psychology and the Plural Self (Ashgate Science and Religion Series) - Hardcover

Turner, Léon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754665194 ISBN 13: 9780754665199

Verlag: Routledge, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

Is the human self singular and unified or essentially plural? This book explores the seemingly disparate ways that Christian theology and the secular human sciences have approached this complex question. Through an original analysis of recent theological and secular accounts of self and personhood, this book examines the extent of the intertheoretical disparity and its broader implications for theology's dialogue with the human sciences in general, and psychology in particular. It explains why theologians ought to take questions about the plurality of self very seriously, and how they overlap with many of the central concerns of contemporary theological anthropology, including the notions of relationality, particularity and human sinfulness. Introducing a novel psychological framework to distinguish various understandings of self-disunity, the author argues that contemporary theology's blanket condemnation of self-multiplicity is misconceived, and identifies a possible means of reconciling theological and human scientific accounts.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Léon Turner is a Research Associate at the Psychology and Religion Research Group, Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, UK.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0754665194
• ISBN 13: 9780754665199
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 238
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