Welcome to the inaugural issue of
the new form of Soul & Spirit,
the e-newsletter for the Society for
Christian Psychology. Many of the things that you will see may remind you
of the previous form of Soul & Spirit.
In addition to keeping the title, you will also continue to see a commitment to
the tenets of Christian psychology, which seeks to understand psychology and soul
care from a standpoint of the Christian tradition, while engaging with and
learning from modern psychology, all through the lens of Scripture.
There are assuredly new things as
well. Most obviously, the electronic format makes use of current
technologies for distribution that in several ways improve upon the print
format. For example, a benefit of the electronic format is the ability to
provide direct hyperlinks to noteworthy resources.
The other publication of the
Society for Christian Psychology, the journal Edification, tends more toward longer academic and theoretical articles.
The content for the e-newsletter, while sharing the Society’s common vision,
will typically provide more practical, personal, clinically relevant
information. Though we hope there will be significant overlap between
them, one might say that Edification
will tend to show the mind of SCP while Soul
& Spirit will show the heart.
Soul & Spirit will
offer brief original articles, book reviews, and Internet resources that are
clinically useful and shaped by life experience. The contributors
represent varied backrounds including, among others: psychology, counseling,
history, and theology. These transdisciplinary contributors will offer
broad perspectives on soul care from a Christian worldview, as SCP consistently
seeks to do.
In this first e-newsletter, Jim
Cofield of Crosspoint Ministries discusses several trends in the church that
demonstrate the need for Biblically centered helpers. Jay Kidwell, psychology professor at Cincinnati Christian University,
reflects upon an experience from his academic training regarding the scientific
method. He rightly concludes that
worldview informs our science. Werner
May of the Institute for Christian Psychology in Germany also writes of his
life experiences and how they have progressively shaped his understanding of
loving others. Professor David Jenkins from
Liberty University looks to the Trinity as a way
of informing submission and authority in marriage relationships. Author and speaker Matthew Elliott describes
his understanding of Ecclesiastes and its application to helping others. Psychologist and professor Paul Vitz takes on
the topic of hatred in the first part of a 2 part series. Finally, church historian Michael Haykin
provides a fascinating look at Dorothy Carey, the wife of famed missionary
William Carey in his book review.
As you can see, a variety of
authors cover a breadth of topics under the heading of Christian
psychology. Six times per year, we will
seek to present you with high quality articles like these. I hope you
have enjoyed and been edified by this newsletter. I welcome any comments,
feedback, or suggestions that you may have for future editions.
“And it is my prayer that your
love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you
may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of
Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ,
to the glory and praise of God.”-Phillipians 1:9-11.
Jason Kanz
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Marshfield Clinic
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