Psychology in the Spirit

Pop psychology, with its ubiquitous half-truths, is the product of an attachment disorder of the deepest kind that binds us to false ways of living and false perceptions of what is real. What we need, argue John Coe and Todd Hall, is a truly transformative psychology that is thoroughly integrated with, informed by and shaped by the rich Christian tradition of spiritual formation. What we need is a psychology transformed by the Spirit.

Mark A. Yarhouse, Psy.D., Hughes Chair of Christian Thought in Mental Health Practice and Professor of Psychology, Regent University John H. Coe (Ph.D., University of California, Irvine) is the director of the Institute for Spiritual Formation at Biola University, La Mirada, California. He is also associate professor of spiritual theology and philosophy at the Rosemead Graduate School of Psychology. Todd W. Hall (Ph.D., Biola University) is director of the Institute for Research on Psychology and Spirituality at Biola University. He is also an associate professor of psychology at Biola and the editor of the Journal of Psychology and Theology.