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When psychology meets the Bible / edited by Heather A. McKay and Pieter van der Zwan.

Contributor(s): McKay, Heather A [editor.] | Van der Zwan, Pieter [editor.]
Material type: TextTextSeries: Bible in the modern world: 83.Publisher: Sheffield : Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2023Description: x, 409 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1914490274; 9781914490279Subject(s): Bible -- PsychologyLOC classification: BS645 | .W44 2023Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction / Pieter van der Zwan -- Reading the Bible as Fiction or Soteriological Myth: How the Human Brain Engages with Bible Narratives / Heather A. McKay -- Biblical Lament Intersects with Psychotherapy as a Means of Healing the Effects of Trauma / June F. Dickie -- Psalm 88: Divine Hiddenness, Theistic Dissonance, and the Enigmatic God / David Cohen -- Psalm 88: A Psalm without Hope? / Rebecca S. Watson -- Deutero-Isaiah’s Daughter Zion as Survival Literature: Terror Management Theory / Angela Sawyer -- ‘What I Want to Do I Do Not Do, but What I Hate I Do’: The Hermeneutics of Trauma in Romans 7 / Christopher A. Porter -- ‘Yes, I Know their Pain’ (Exodus 3.7): The Empathetic God of Exodus and Coping with Crises / Alexandra Grund-Wittenberg -- Assessing the Usefulness of the Psychological Perspective on Coping for the Exploration of Divine Trials as Religious Struggles in Sirach 2 / Anna Nürnberger -- Paul’s Coping with Replacement and the Chronological Sequence of his Letters / Linda Joelsson -- Coping with Lost Manhood: Early Christian Strategies for Restoring Masculinity / Petri Merenlahti -- The Raging Prophet: Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) as a Pathway Forward Through Pain / Jennifer M. Matheny and Amy E. Hale -- Anger and its Implications in Galatians / Nina E. Livesey -- Narcissistic Father and Hated Brother: Decoding the Psychology of Biblical Chosenness / Gili Kugler -- Persuasion in Preaching: A Social-Psychological Analysis of the Sermon to the Hebrews / Tim MacBride -- How ‘Place’ Matters: Materiality, Place Attachment and Naboth’s Vineyard (1 Kings 21) / Hendrik Viviers -- Jesus, Totem and Taboo / Kari Syreeni -- The Body-Psychology Embedded in the Book of Job: A Hermeneutical Question / Pieter van der Zwan -- Conclusion / Heather A. McKay.
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Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 East BS645 .W44 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903605647

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Pieter van der Zwan -- Reading the Bible as Fiction or Soteriological Myth: How the Human Brain Engages with Bible Narratives / Heather A. McKay -- Biblical Lament Intersects with Psychotherapy as a Means of Healing the Effects of Trauma / June F. Dickie -- Psalm 88: Divine Hiddenness, Theistic Dissonance, and the Enigmatic God / David Cohen -- Psalm 88: A Psalm without Hope? / Rebecca S. Watson -- Deutero-Isaiah’s Daughter Zion as Survival Literature: Terror Management Theory / Angela Sawyer -- ‘What I Want to Do I Do Not Do, but What I Hate I Do’: The Hermeneutics of Trauma in Romans 7 / Christopher A. Porter -- ‘Yes, I Know their Pain’ (Exodus 3.7): The Empathetic God of Exodus and Coping with Crises / Alexandra Grund-Wittenberg -- Assessing the Usefulness of the Psychological Perspective on Coping for the Exploration of Divine Trials as Religious Struggles in Sirach 2 / Anna Nürnberger -- Paul’s Coping with Replacement and the Chronological Sequence of his Letters / Linda Joelsson -- Coping with Lost Manhood: Early Christian Strategies for Restoring Masculinity / Petri Merenlahti -- The Raging Prophet: Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) as a Pathway Forward Through Pain / Jennifer M. Matheny and Amy E. Hale -- Anger and its Implications in Galatians / Nina E. Livesey -- Narcissistic Father and Hated Brother: Decoding the Psychology of Biblical Chosenness / Gili Kugler -- Persuasion in Preaching: A Social-Psychological Analysis of the Sermon to the Hebrews / Tim MacBride -- How ‘Place’ Matters: Materiality, Place Attachment and Naboth’s Vineyard (1 Kings 21) / Hendrik Viviers -- Jesus, Totem and Taboo / Kari Syreeni -- The Body-Psychology Embedded in the Book of Job: A Hermeneutical Question / Pieter van der Zwan -- Conclusion / Heather A. McKay.

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