The Human Person in Theology and Psychology: A Biblical Anthropology for the Twenty-First Century

by James R. Beck, Bruce A. Demarest

A new analysis of human nature and behavior in biblical perspective by two evangelical experts. This comprehensive textbook discusses four key aspects of the human person by exploring the relationship between origin and destiny, substance and identity, function and behavior, and relationships and community. The authors argue that an integrated approach of theology and psychology not only enhances our understanding of what it means to be human, but is also key to that understanding.

Genres: Anthropology

432 pages, Paperback

First published November 4, 2005

About the author

James R, Beck is Senior Professor of Counseling at Denver Seminary in Englewood, Colorado. Trained as a clergyman and psychologist, he is now able in retirement to pursue his avocation of local history. He lives now with his wife on a farm in rural Union Township, Clay County, Kansas. He is curator at the Wakefield Museum in Wakefield, Kansas.
--from back cover, Toward a More Perfect Union

Reviews

[Tom · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's OK. It wasn't what I was looking for, which was more of a theology of human personhood "in relationship to" God. My interests are divine-human relationality. The authors spent time on when life begins (their way of address the abortion issues) and other similar hot-button issues which don't lie within my interests. BUT they are very serious about Scripture's priority and have a nice approach to interdisciplinary studies.