Integrating My Faith and My Profession

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Abstract This book provides an educational resource in the understanding relationship between psychology and Christianity. The book incorporates our chosen profession with our faith confession as an integrative approach. The book explains the integration of psychology and Christianity as a journey with multidisciplinary natures. This book emphasizes on several areas, such as historical outlooks on faith and science and the essence of psychology. The associations of psychology and theology are in effect unavoidable due to their common significance in accepting the uncertainty of human behavior and healing human factors. The book also concentrates on general worldviews and essential components of Christian worldviews and our ability to reflect on them, either learned or chosen. The book details specific indications to a perceptive of the nature of knowledge, the character of human beings, the nature of humanity, and the environment of the world. The book contemplates in the pursuit of truth, knowledge, and sympathizing human experience. These pursuits demonstrate assorted methods, including psychological hypothesis and theories, psychological discipline and science, Christian theology, philosophy and viewpoints of life, and religious and spiritual commitment. As explained in the book, the nature of the world, ethics, aesthetics, scientific and Christian compatibility, and existence and praise of God are conceptual integrative implications of Christianity throughout fundamental metaphysics. The book mutually binds psychology, behavioral, social science, and theology in trying too recognize human nature and worldview perspectives. The book conveys an integrative model approach between the relationship of psychology and t... ... middle of paper ... ...to psychology. The book has enlightened and further educated me to relate psychology and theology from all aspects, which has provided me with a life changing view on the subject with a greater appreciation and reassurance. It has changed my outlook in how to be even more integrative with my thinking as I apply my faith to my personal and professional life. This book has made me more aware, how spirituality and theology are accepted in the psychological foundation. This book is a great recommendation to tell and inspire friends about the integrative approaches to psychology and Christianity and how they relate to each other. During my readings, I felt blessed with the relationship I have with God and how I can continue to make life changing decisions to better myself as I become closer to God within each day, as I integrate my faith with my profession.

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