Product Details

Line: IVP Academic
Length: 199 pages
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Format: paperback
Published: July 2011

ISBN-10: 0-8308-3901-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-3901-8
IVP Order Code: 3901

Subjects

Addictions/Temptations
Counseling

• Mines philosophical and theological sources to form a more adequate response to cases of addiction
• Offers an alternative to the two dominant and polarized approaches to addiction, namely the disease and choice models
• Makes use of the philosophy of human action reaching back to Aristotle and considered at length by Thomas Aquinas
• Gives voice to theological and nontheological descriptions of addiction
• Engages the notable work of Linda Mercadante and Gerald May
• Incorporates extensive addiction research including first-hand accounts of the Twelve Step Program of Alcoholics Anonymous