Passionate Reason

C. Stephen Evans

Indiana University Press

Few writer-philosophers of the past have evoked as much curiosity in the twentieth century than Soren Kierkegaard. The further one probes into his thought the more his ideas prove to have relevance for the modern world and especially to Christians. Such is the case with psychology.
For Kierkegaard, the study of psychology is intrinsically linked with the task of personal becoming, reflecting his own struggle to overcome the dark and cheerless environment of his early life. His interpretive framework os consciously Christian. In his view, humankind was made for relation with God, and this recognition is basic to self-understanding. But in self-deception and rebellion against God, human beings are constantly resisting their own true happiness and fighting against their own best interests.
On this Kierkegaardian premise, C. Stephen Evans unfolds the implications and effects of this human desire for wholeness and growth of the self. This book is written "for psychologists, pastors, counselors, and ordinary people struggling to understand themselves and others."

Søren Kierkegaard's Christian Psychology: Insight for Counseling and Pastoral Care

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Ministry Resources Library/Zondervan

Kierkegaard's Fragments and Postscript: The Religious Philosophy of Johannes Climacus

Religion & Spirituality

Humanities Press International, Inc.

Passionate Reason : Making Sense of Kierkegaard's Philosophical Fragments

In recent years the Christian faith has been challenged by skeptics, including the New Atheists, who claim that belief in God is simply not reasonable. Here prominent Christian philosopher C. Stephen Evans offers a fresh, contemporary, and nuanced response. He makes the case for belief in a personal God through an exploration of natural "signs," which open our minds to theistic possibilities and foster belief in the Christian revelation. Evans then discusses why God's self-revelation is both authoritative and authentic. This sophisticated yet accessible book provides a clear account of the evidence for Christian faith, concluding that it still makes sense to believe.

Why Christian Faith Still Makes Sense: A Response to Contemporary Challenges (Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology)

Christian Books & Bibles

Baker Academic

Uncovers and examines a common structure to the arguments of Immanuel Kant, Soren Kierkegaard, and William James in regard to the issue of knowledge and belief. These three diverse philosophers from three eras have followed a similar route of non-theoretical justification of belief, stating that there is no theoretical knowledge of divine existence. The defense of religious belief, therefore, must be subjective.

Subjectivity and Religious Belief: An Historical, Critical Study

Christian University Press

Quest for Faith: Reason & Mystery as Pointers to God

Intervarsity Pr

Preserving the person: A look at the human sciences

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Canning & Preserving

INTERVARSITY PRESS *

The human quest for self-understanding is ancient. It transcends    the boundaries between ordinary folk and philosophers and it over-   laps with many academic disciplines, including psychology,  sociology, philosophy and theology. Actually, the quest is not essentially academic; it is a human quest, pursued by persons in every age. With this in mind, philosopher C. Stephen Evans takes a look at the human sciences and their contribution to this self-understanding.  Evans first presents a basic problem in these sciences today: the attack on the concept of personhood. He reviews the contemporary understanding of mind and brain: Is a person only a thinking machine or a programmed organism? Then he evaluates the impact of Auguste Comte, Sigmund Freud, J.B. Watson, B.F. Skinner and Emile Durkheim on what Evans terms ?

Preserving the Person: A Look at the Human Sciences

Regent College Publishing

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