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Christian Psychology Examples
The following books represent some of the best examples of Christian psychology.
- Confessions by Augustine
- The Logic of Desire: Aquinas on Emotion by contemporary theologian Nicholas E. Lombardo
- Medieval classics: Sermons on the Song of Songs by Bernard of Clairvaux; Revelations of Divine Love by Julian Norwich
- Renaissance and Reformation classics: Spiritual Exercises by Ignatius of Loyola; Institute of the Christian Religion by John Calvin (esp. the first three chapters)
- Religious Affections by Jonathan Edwards
- The Sickness Unto Death and For Self-Examination by Søren Kierkegaard
- Transformation in Christ, The Nature of Love, and The Heart: An Analysis of Human and Divine Affectivity by Christian philosopher Dietrich von Hildebrand
- Psychotherapy in a Religious Framework by psychologist L. Rebecca Probst
- Sigmund Freud’s Christian Unconscious, Psychology as Religion: The Cult of Self-Worship, and The Faith of the Fatherless by psychologist Paul C. Vitz (now at Divine Mercy University)
- Taking the Word to Heart, Emotions: An Essay in Aid of Moral Psychology, Emotions in the Moral Life, and Spiritual Emotions by Christian philosopher Robert C. Roberts, Limning the Psyche ed. by Robert C. Roberts and Mark Talbot, and “The Christian Psychology Approach” by Robert C. Roberts & Paul Watson, in Christian and Psychology: Five Views.
- Soren Kierkegaard’s Christian Psychology; Wisdom and Humanness in Psychology: Prospects for a Christian Approach; and Kierkegaard: An Introduction, by Christian philosopher C. Stephen Evans
- A Christian Catholic Meta-Model of the Person: Integration with Psychology and Mental Health Practice by Paul C. Vitz, Craig Steven Titus, & William Nordling; Philosophical Virtues and Psychological Strengths ed. by Romanus Cessario, O. P., Craig Steven Titus, & Paul C. Vitz (from Divine Mercy University)
- Modern Psychotherapies edited by Stanton Jones & Rich Butman (Technically, an integrationist work. However, its critique of the major secular psychotherapy models of our day from a Christian worldview standpoint is extraordinary! So, we consider it an example of Christian psychology.)
- By the Renewing of Your Minds: The Pastoral Function of Christian Doctrine by Princeton theologian Ellen Charry
- Foundations for Soul Care: A Christian Psychology Proposal and God and Soul Care: The Therapeutic Resources of the Christian Faith by Eric L. Johnson
- Psychology in the Spirit by philosopher and spiritual theologian John Coe & Todd Hall
- Transformative Encounters, ed. by David W. Appleby & George Ohlschlager
- Counseling and Psychotherapy by Siang-Yang Tan
- The Clinical Christ edited by Charles L. Zeiders
- Divine Motivation Theory and Omnisubjectivity by the Christian philosopher Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski
- Contemplative Prayer for Christians with Chronic Worry and The Compassion-Based Workbook for Christian Clients, and Christian Meditation by clinical psychologist Joshua Knabb; and Christian Psychotherapy in Context: Theoretical and Empirical Explorations in Faith-Based Mental Health by Joshua J. Knabb, Eric Johnson, M. Todd Bates, and Timothy A. Sisemore.
- Wandering in Darkness and Atonement by Eleonore Stump. (Two amazing, psychologically rich and therapeutically significant works by a great Christian philosopher.)
- Religion and Psychology in an Ideological Surround by Christian research psychologist Paul J. Watson (An empirically-based introduction to worldview analysis)
Eric L. Johnson 