• Grieving a Suicide: A Loved One's Search for Comfort, Answers, and Hope, By Albert Y. Hsu
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    Grieving a Suicide

    A Loved One's Search for Comfort, Answers, and Hope

    by Albert Y. Hsu

    Albert Y. Hsu wrestles with emotional and spiritual questions surrounding suicide, ultimately pointing survivors to the God who offers comfort in our grief and hope for the future. This revised edition now includes a discussion guide for suicide survivor groups.

  • Embodied Hope: A Theological Meditation on Pain and Suffering, By Kelly M. Kapic
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    Embodied Hope

    A Theological Meditation on Pain and Suffering

    by Kelly M. Kapic

    Kelly M. Kapic meditates on how our suffering—particularly our physical suffering—relates to the Christian faith. This is not a theodicy or a book of easy answers. It is an invitation to reshape our understanding of suffering into the image of Jesus. What we discover is that in Christ and through his church, God displays his deep love and provision for his people.

  • Understanding Sexual Abuse: A Guide for Ministry Leaders and Survivors, By Tim Hein
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    Understanding Sexual Abuse

    A Guide for Ministry Leaders and Survivors

    by Tim Hein
    Foreword by Debra Hirsch

    What does the path to healing look like for survivors of sexual abuse? And how can ministry leaders, pastors, and counselors best help them as they walk this difficult road? Drawing on both his own experience and his wife's experience as survivors of childhood sexual abuse, Tim Hein presents clinical data and resources as well as practical guidance and empathy—for both ministry leaders and survivors themselves.

  • Christianity and Developmental Psychopathology: Foundations and Approaches, Edited by Kelly S. Flanagan and Sarah E. Hall
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    Christianity and Developmental Psychopathology

    Foundations and Approaches

    Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books

    Edited by Kelly S. Flanagan and Sarah E. Hall

    Since its origin in the early 1980s, developmental psychopathology has become one of the most significant frameworks for child clinical psychology. This volume of essays explores this framework from an integrative Christian viewpoint, combining theory, empirical research and theology to explore a holistic understanding of children's development.

  • Christianity & Psychoanalysis: A New Conversation, Edited by Earl D. Bland and Brad D. Strawn
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    Christianity & Psychoanalysis

    A New Conversation

    Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books

    Edited by Earl D. Bland and Brad D. Strawn

    The past 30 years has seen a theoretical and clinical renaissance in psychoanalysis, as well as a flourishing of Christian engagement in the fields of psychology and anthropology. This volume of essays stages a new conversation between Christianity and psychoanalysis that opens up new ways of thinking about the rich mosaic of human experience.

  • The Reciprocating Self: Human Development in Theological Perspective, By Jack O. Balswick and Pamela Ebstyne King and Kevin S. Reimer
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    The Reciprocating Self

    Human Development in Theological Perspective

    Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books

    by Jack O. Balswick, Pamela Ebstyne King, and Kevin S. Reimer

    On the basis of a theologically grounded understanding of the nature of persons and the self, Jack O. Balswick, Pamela Ebstyne King and Kevin S. Reimer present a model of human development that ranges across all of life's stages. This revised second edition engages new research from evolutionary psychology, developmental neuroscience and positive psychology.

  • Relational Spirituality: A Psychological-Theological Paradigm for Transformation, By Todd W. Hall
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    Relational Spirituality

    A Psychological-Theological Paradigm for Transformation

    Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books

    by Todd W. Hall
    With M. Elizabeth Lewis Hall

    Human beings are fundamentally relational—we develop, heal, and grow through relationships. Integrating insights from psychology and theology, Todd W. Hall and M. Elizabeth Lewis Hall present a definitive model of spiritual transformation based on a relational paradigm, showing how transformation works practically in the context of relationships and community.

  • Coming to Peace with Psychology: What Christians Can Learn from Psychological Science, By Everett L. Worthington Jr.
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    Coming to Peace with Psychology

    What Christians Can Learn from Psychological Science

    by Everett L. Worthington Jr.

    Everett L. Worthington believes psychology can contribute to the Christian life, because all of us, psychologists and non-psychologists alike, are human and can benefit from better understanding our fellow humankind. Beyond integrating Christian and psychological truths, his book uncovers new relationships between science and religion, demonstrates psychology's benefits to theology, and helps Christians live a redeemed life that is pleasing to God.

  • Wired for Intimacy: How Pornography Hijacks the Male Brain, By William M. Struthers
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    Wired for Intimacy

    How Pornography Hijacks the Male Brain

    by William M. Struthers

    Neuroscientist and researcher William Struthers explains how pornography affects the male brain and what we can do about it. Exposing false assumptions, casting a vision for a redeemed masculinity and offering insights for both married and single men alike, this book offers hope for freedom from pornography and sanctification in our bodies.

  • Marriage at the Crossroads: Couples in Conversation About Discipleship, Gender Roles, Decision Making and Intimacy, By Aída Besançon Spencer and William David Spencer and Steven Tracy and Celestia Tracy
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    Marriage at the Crossroads

    Couples in Conversation About Discipleship, Gender Roles, Decision Making and Intimacy

    by Aída Besançon Spencer, William David Spencer, Steven Tracy, and Celestia Tracy

    In this unique book Aída and William Spencer and Steve and Celestia Tracy, two couples from the differing perspectives of egalitarianism and soft complementarianism, share a constructive dialogue about marriage in practice. They cover a variety of topics like marriage discipleship, headship and submission, roles and decision-making, and intimacy in marriage.

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