Social Psychology in Christian Perspective (eBook)

Exploring the Human Condition

Angela M. Sabates (Autor)

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2012
801 Seiten
InterVarsity Press (Verlag)
978-0-8308-6641-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Human social interaction is varied, complex and always changing. How we perceive each other and ourselves, how individuals interact within groups, and how groups are structured--all these are the domain of social psychology. Many have doubted, however, that a full-fledged social psychology textbook can successfully be written from a Christian perspective. Inevitably, some say, when attempting to integrate theology and social psychology, one discipline must suffer at the expense of the other. Angela Sabates counters that thinking by demonstrating how these two disciplines can indeed be brought together in a fruitful way. She crisply covers key topics in social psychology, utilizing research that is well grounded in the empirical and theoretical literature, while demonstrating how a distinctively Christian approach can offer fresh ideas and understandings. - Why doesn't our behavior always match what we say we believe?- How and when are we most likely to be persuaded?- What is the social psychology of violence?- How reliable are eyewitness testimonies?- Are racism and prejudice on the decline or are we just better at hiding them?Sabates draws out the implications of a Christian view of human persons on these and other central subjects within the well-established framework of social psychological study. This volume is for those looking for a core text that makes use of a Christian theological perspective to explore what the science of psychology suggests to us about the nature of human social interaction. About the SeriesChristian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS) Books explore how Christianity relates to mental health and behavioral sciences including psychology, counseling, social work, and marriage and family therapy in order to equip Christian clinicians to support the well-being of their clients.

Autor

Angela M. Sabates is associate professor of psychology at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. She previously taught at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach, Florida, and she has worked professionally at Cornerstone Family Counseling Center (Fairfax, Virginia), Minirth-Meier and Byrd Clinic (Arlington, Virginia) and Reston Psychological Center and Lab School of Washington (Fairfax, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.). She earned her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Her article, "The Child Patient" appears in Christian Counseling Ethics (IVP), and other articles have appeared in issues of Christian Counseling Today.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.11.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books
• Reihe/Serie: Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books
• Verlagsort: Lisle
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
• Schlagworte: Attitude • Attraction • behavioral science • Caps • Christian • Cognition • Discrimination • Empirical • Faith • God • Group • Individual • Integrative • interact • Mental Health • Prejudice • Professor • Relationship • Religion • school • self • Stereotype • Student • Textbook • Theoretical
• ISBN-10: 0-8308-6641-8 / 0830866418
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-6641-0 / 9780830866410