Frank Lake was a psychiatrist for the Church of England, whose understanding of the person led him to develop theories and training couses in Clinical Theology that has had a profound influence upon many people, especially Christian care-givers, between 1962 and his death in 1982, and even to this very day. His early focus was upon the relationship between human distress and the earliest years of life (Object-Relations Theory), but his later work led him to focus upon the earliest experiences of life in the womb. Geoffrey Whitfield was deeply involved in Clinical Theology while Lake was alive and now, 20 years later, offers a penetrating assessment of Lake's work. Whitfield is fully conversant with the ongoing conversation,particularly regarding the Maternal Foetal Distress Syndrome. His conclusion, based largely upon research published since Lake's death, is that while there is now empirical evidence to support Lake's theories regarding the second and third trimesters, that applicable to the first trimester is not proved. While Whitfield is sympathetic to Lake's work, this is not an uncritical acceptance of all his views, rather a scholarly investigation of empirical evidence not available to Lake.The author pays particular attention to the relevance of psychological and theological categories (and their inter-relationship) in reflecting upon the data and is aware of the signficance of the issues in relation to current debates in pastoral and practical theology. This work is clearly written and certainly an original contribution in the fields of theology and psychology.

The Prenatal Psychology of Frank Lake and the Origins of Sin and Human Dysfunction: Its Relevance for the Pastor and the Psychotherapist

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Whitfield, Geoffrey Victor

Mental Health

Emeth Pub

Jews, Christians and Moslems have histories of excellence in terms of their religion, culture and the creativity they have brought to the world through the centuries. It is not always so. Sometimes they have also brought shame. When the different histories of Palestine and Israel are one day written they will be followed by countless others, showing different perspectives for different reasons. Doubtless there will be multitudes of conclusions, each with their own truth. What will matter will be the perception of values that were held, ignored or perverted and in what ways they contributed to the well being of people. Motives and deeds will be analysed with the benefit of hindsight. There will be no place to hide. The follies, mistakes, intentions, wickedness will be brought into the light of understanding. Readers will marvel at the courage of some, be appalled at the atrocities of others, sympathetic to the endeavours of many more. Generations to come will look at their forebears in admiration, shame, and sorrow. This book is an attempt to contribute to that understanding. There has been conflict in the Middle East for decades which is connected to the intractable problem of the Israel-Palestine conflict. At the core of the problem are the uses and abuses of the Abrahamic Covenant. This book attempts to show how the (mis)understanding of the Abrahamic Covenant is a major difficulty in resolving this problem today.

The Roots of Terrorism in Israel and Palestine: The Uses and Abuses of the Abrahamic Covenant

History

Middle East

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