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Michael, Chester

Putnam Pub Group (L)

An Introduction to Spiritual Direction is a clear, nuanced and practical handbook for spiritual directors and directees that examines what it means to be spiritually whole and the process that gets us there. It is based in part on the two-year training course that the author conducts at Spiritual Direction Institute, the teachings of the depth psychologist, Carl Jung, and the Christian traditionalists, among them, St Francis de Sales, Ignatius of Loyola, Teresa of Avila, and John of the Cross. It is further conjoined with sections on the qualities of the good director and directee, with fascinating forays into the nature of temperament and psychological type. The core of the book is devoted to its larger question, the actual growth and acquisition of spiritual wisdom, where the stages, pitfalls, remedies, rewards, as well as the importance of spiritual direction, especially during times of crises, are examined in numerous comprehensive sections. Dovetailed with chapter notes and questions, index, and extensive bibliography, An Introduction to Spiritual Direction deserves recognition by directors, directees, counselors, students and practitioners of psychology, and religious educato

An Introduction to Spiritual Direction: A Psychological Approach for Directors and Directees

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Paulist Press

The thesis of this book is that the key to a successful, happy life is the fullest possible development of our unlimited potential for love. Much of our energy for love often remains untapped. What is worse, sometimes this same human energy is misdirected and becomes an instrument of hatred, violence, and war. How we can actualize our capabilities for love and how we can extend this energy in a positive direction are delineated. This book shows the value and need for Christians to make full use of the psychological tools which scientific research has given to our generation.

Arise: A Christian Psychology of Love

Norrisey, Marie

Open Door.

With Isabel Briggs Myers' publication of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator in 1962, followed in 1978 by the David Kiersey and Marilyn Bates book, Please Understand Me, a tremendous new interest in the differences in human personality has taken place. The possiblity of a close connection between personality types and prayer and spirituality was conjectured by many persons. There has been much discussion on the topic, but almost nothing has been published. The present volume is among the first in print on the relationship between human temperament and prayer. The conclusions in this book are based on a Prayer Project conducted throughout 1982 with more than four hundred participants from all over the United States and even from Canada and Australia.
The recommendations for the different forms of prayer appropriate for the different temperaments and personality types have been tested in a number of workshops, in parish retreats, and in spiritual direction of numerous persons. Without claiming to be the last word that can be said on this subject of prayer and temperament, the authors now offer their findings and conclusions to a wider audience. It is hoped that many others will find the same help to their prayer life and growth in spirituality that hundreds of other women and men have received.

Prayer and Temperament: Different Prayer Forms For Different Personality Types

Norrisey, Marie C.

Open Door, Inc.

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