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Feelings (and thoughts) about faithful feelings.(Book review)

Publication: Journal of Psychology and Theology
Publication Date: 22-JUN-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Elliott, Matthew (2006).

Faithful feelings: Rethinking emotion in the New Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel. Paper. 301 pp. ISBN 0-8254-2542-5.

Matthew A. Elliott (Ph.D., University of Aberdeen) is president of Oasis International, a Chicago-based distributor of books and Bibles is...

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...into the English-speaking developing world.

Faithful Feelings a must read, especially for pastors, but also for anyone involved in therapy, pastoral care, counseling or serious discipleship. It is the result of thorough scholarship, so it will not be an easy read for volunteer ministers. For psychologists invested in ministry to their church's pastors, it will be an invaluable resource to help pastors get in touch with their own feelings and let go of the anti-feelings bias many pastors have bought into. Pastors will be challenged to re-think what they have learned and preached about feelings, and theologians will be challenged to re-think emotion in Scripture, especially in the New Testament.

Elliott demonstrates a thorough grasp of theology, history, historical philosophy and psychology, and uses each of...

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