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Dynamis of Healing

Patristic Theology and the Psyche

Dynamis of Healing

Patristic Theology and the Psyche

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Publisher: Fordham University Press
ISBN: 9780823284658
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 06/08/2019
Width: 15.2 cm
Height: 22.9 cm
This book explores how traces of the energies and dynamics of Orthodox Christian theology and anthropology may be observed in the clinical work of depth psychology. Looking to theology to express its own religious truths and to psychology to see whether these truth claims show up in healing modalities, the author creatively engages both disciplines in order to highlight the possibilities for healing contained therein. Dynamis of Healing elucidates how theology and psychology are by no means fundamentally at odds with each other but rather can work together in a beautiful and powerful synergia to address both the deepest needs and deepest desires of the human person for healing and flourishing.

Introduction 1
1 Psyche and Creation: Initial Reflections on Orthodox Theology and Depth Psychology 19
2 "That Which Is Not Assumed Is Not Healed" 40
3 An Ontology of Healing? 78
4 Eros: Healing Fire 105
Conclusion 149
Acknowledgments 155
Notes 157
Bibliography 201
Index 211

Pia Sophia Chaudhari, Ashley M. Purpura, Aristotle Papanikolaou

Pia Sophia Chaudhari holds a doctorate in theology from the department of Psychiatry & Religion at Union Theological Seminary in New York. Her research interests include theological anthropology, depth psychology, processes of healing, and the engagement with aesthetics and beauty. She is a founding co-chair of the Analytical Psychology and Orthodox Christianity Consultation (APOCC).