InterVarsity Press

Perfecting Ourselves to Death

The Pursuit of Excellence and the Perils of Perfectionism

By Richard Winter

(paperback)

  • Analyzes what drives perfectionism in North American culture
  • Offers practical advice on coping with perfectionism
  • Filled with real-life stories
  • Highlights cultural promotion of perfectionism through media, family, education, etc.
  • Draws on the latest social science research
  • Author is both a psychiatrist and theologian
  • Author lectures frequently on this topic

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