1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452862803321

Titolo

Head and heart : perspectives from religion and psychology / / edited by Fraser Watts and Geoff Dumbreck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania : , : Templeton Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-59947-448-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WattsFraser N

DumbreckGeoff

Disciplina

200.1/9

Soggetti

Psychology, Religious

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part 1. Theology -- part 2. Psychology -- part 3. Application -- part 4. Integration.

Sommario/riassunto

Theologians and religious figures often draw a distinction between religion of the '"head" and religion of the "heart," but few stop to ask what the terms "head" and "heart" actually denote. Many assume that this distinction has a scriptural basis, and yet many Biblical authors used the word "heart" as a synonym for "mind." In fact, there isn't a strict separation of the two concepts until the modern period, as in Pascal's famous claim that "the heart has its reasons that reason can not know." Since then, many other philosophers and theologians have made a similar distinction.The fact that thi