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The Seven Habits of the Good Life. How the Biblical Virtues Free Us from the Seven Deadly Sins.
Kaplan, Kalman J.; Scwartz, Matthew B.
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Description for The Seven Habits of the Good Life. How the Biblical Virtues Free Us from the Seven Deadly Sins.
Hardback. In The Seven Habits of the Good Life, the authors highlight seven biblical gifts-self-esteem, wisdom, righteousness, love, healthy appetite, prudence, and purpose-and present them as alternatives to the seven deadly sins and their antidotes. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 184 x 18. Weight in Grams: 231.
In The Seven Habits of the Good Life, the authors highlight seven biblical gifts—self-esteem, wisdom, righteousness, love, healthy appetite, prudence, and purpose—and present each one as an alternative to one of the seven deadly sins. Each gift gives readers a chance to enrich their lives by integrating concern for themselves with a healthy concern for others rather than punishing themselves for bad behavior. Incorporating clinical case studies, the voices of real people, and biblical stories, this book shows how the wisdom of the scriptures can provide us concrete ways of redefining difficult situations and approaching life in a way ... Read more
In The Seven Habits of the Good Life, the authors highlight seven biblical gifts—self-esteem, wisdom, righteousness, love, healthy appetite, prudence, and purpose—and present each one as an alternative to one of the seven deadly sins. Each gift gives readers a chance to enrich their lives by integrating concern for themselves with a healthy concern for others rather than punishing themselves for bad behavior. Incorporating clinical case studies, the voices of real people, and biblical stories, this book shows how the wisdom of the scriptures can provide us concrete ways of redefining difficult situations and approaching life in a way ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742532748
SKU
V9780742532748
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About Kaplan, Kalman J.; Scwartz, Matthew B.
Kalman J. Kaplan was a 2006–2007 Fulbright Fellow at Tel Aviv University. He is professor of clinical psychology in both the departments of psychiatry and medical education at the University of Illinois, Chicago College of Medicine, and directs the Religion/Spirituality and Mental Health program (www.rsmh.org) funded by the John Templeton Foundation. Matthew B. Schwartz teaches history and near eastern ... Read more
Reviews for The Seven Habits of the Good Life. How the Biblical Virtues Free Us from the Seven Deadly Sins.
The seven biblical gifts offered in this book are a gift to the reader: to clergy seeking themes for homilies and insights into pastoral counseling, to psychotherapists and social workers desiring to improve their clinical effectiveness, to individuals who take Scripture seriously and who want its wisdom to resonate in their lives, and to all people who want to live ... Read more