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Psychological Seduction: The Failure of Modern Psychology
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Psychology is a river with many branches and tributaries. This book is not intended to explore every branch but to chart the general direction and force of the stream. The criticisms I offer in the pages that follow are directed toward psychology as a social force: in other word, psychology as it influences our everyday ways of thinking and acting.
Psychology is a river with many branches and tributaries. This book is not intended to explore every branch but to chart the general direction and force of the stream. The criticisms I offer in the pages that follow are directed toward psychology as a social force: in other word, psychology as it influences our everyday ways of thinking and acting.
235 pages
Published
1983
by Thomas Nelson Publishers
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An interesting book, but it seems like I had heard most of this before. But maybe it represented much more original thinking back in 1983. Perhaps I had heard about it all before because he wrote about it way back then.
The best part of the book was the comparison of Christianity as a (true) story we live to psychology which can never be a story because it is mostly centered only on the self and not how he fits into something bigger than himself. The book's best insights often come from wisdom Ki...more
The best part of the book was the comparison of Christianity as a (true) story we live to psychology which can never be a story because it is mostly centered only on the self and not how he fits into something bigger than himself. The book's best insights often come from wisdom Ki...more
Written almost 30 years ago, Psychological Seduction is a great book to see the differences between psychology and Christianity. Whichever side of the discussion you take, because Kilpatrick's tone is irenic, you will receive a very fair representation both views. Kilpatrick is obviously a Christian, but he presents his case in a winsome and kind manner.
The only criticism I have of the book is that he didn't site any sources for his facts or studies.
Because we live in a psychologized culture, I...more
The only criticism I have of the book is that he didn't site any sources for his facts or studies.
Because we live in a psychologized culture, I...more
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"The appeal psychology has for both Christians and non-Christians is a complex one. But it is difficult to make sense of it at all unless you understand that it is basically a religious appeal. For the truth is, psychology bears a surface resemblance to Christianity.
Not doctrinal Christianity, of course. Most psychologist are hostile to that. And naturally enough, so are non-Christians. Nevertheless, there is a certain Christian tone to what psychology says and does: echoes of loving your neig...more
Not doctrinal Christianity, of course. Most psychologist are hostile to that. And naturally enough, so are non-Christians. Nevertheless, there is a certain Christian tone to what psychology says and does: echoes of loving your neig...more
Recommended by James Schall in Another Sort of Learning, Chapter 10, as one of Eight Books on Evil and Suffering.
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